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Thanksgiving 2016
Monday I had intended to post something about being thankful, then I got sidetracked by the presidential debate and the baseball game. In some ways though it is more appropriate for today – the first anniversary of my wife’s heart surgery. Monday was Thanksgiving Day today in Canada. It is a celebration of the harvest, […]
Thanksgiving 2015
It is Thanksgiving Day in Canada today. I was going to give you a list of things I am thankful for, but I’m really not a list-maker, or at least not today. I could have shown you some pictures of the walk my wife and I did yesterday afternoon, taking in the fall foliage. The […]
Thanksgiving Day
Following a Canadian tradition that goes back to English explorer Martin Frobisher in 1578, Canadians today are celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. The American holiday of the same name, held in late November, gets all the attention now, especially for the shopping orgy that accompanies it; but consumerism wasn’t on Frobisher’s mind when he and his […]
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