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It's a Thanksgiving Tea Party: Our Bounty, Our Blessings -- We're Calling the Roll -- (and talking about health care, who isn't?)

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:25:44 -0800

Last year I painted my deceased grandmother as a gift for my grandmother's daughter, my mother. While I was painting, I kept thinking what a remarkable woman my grandmother was; remembering the old fashioned traditional values she imparted, by her example. I would guess that she was…

~Prayers needed for our Michael V and for Snowbunny~ UPDATE!! Thanksgiving Day

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:53:51 -0800

Dear friends~ I have come to learn that two friends that I have become close to outside of Shine are both facing huge obstacles. ~For Snowbunny~ Her other half, "The Captain" had gotten his kidney transplant and now it's looking like his body is rejecting it. He is…

What I like (and hate) about Sarah Palin

nospam@example.com () — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:34 -0800

There’s so much not to like about Sarah Palin … why do I find myself admiring her?

- April Daniels Hussar, BettyConfidential.com

Like many people outside of Alaska, the first I heard of Sarah Palin was back in August 2008, when John McCain announced her as his running mate. My first reaction: Smooth move, John. We wanted a woman in the Oval Office, now you might be giving us one. My second reaction: How sexist and condescending can you get. We can’t have Hillary, so any old female will do? And my third: Dear Lord, please don’t let this woman end up in the White House.

So here’s my confession: I was – and still am – an ardent Obama supporter. Politically speaking I’d say Sarah Palin and I are just about polar opposites. (You say, “Drill baby;” I say, “No blood for oil.”) I shudder to imagine her holding a national political office. But, the thing is, well … see, it’s like this … I kind of like her too.

One of my favorite Charities

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:12:54 -0800

According to the commercial breaks and the stores, the Holiday season is upon us in near full swing. The only thing missing so far (at least in our house) is Santa pulling in at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, then to us it's in full swing. Anyway, last night I was walking…

Oprah: After 25 years, it's time for a change

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:04:59 -0800

Is that rain, or the tears of thousands of publishers, TV executives, and celebrities plotting their public rehabilitation pouring down?

It's official: Oprah Winfrey will pull the plug on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Rumored for what seems like forever, likely feared for longer by CBS Television Distribution, which distributes the show to more than 200 U.S. TV markets, the shuttering of the heart of Oprah's media empire is nigh.

Thanksgiving ~ In all we do, give thanks!

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:01:14 -0800

I'm sure there have been years when my priorities were completely off and I wasn't very thankful. In fact, I know that after my mom died of cancer, I was most definitely that way. I was bitter and angry and far from thankful. I look back on those years now and I realize…

Is "Precious" too brutal to appreciate the Oscar-worthy acting?

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:52:22 -0800

by Megan Smith, contributing editor, Entertainment

This is going to be sticky, so…

THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL!!

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:28:00 -0800

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High Coo

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:22:43 -0800

I love words. Like birds, I free them to fly; I love, Dovelike, to haiku. --by PoetWithCancer (M.L.P.) aka Mr. Poet Written on Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:53 pm PST Fair. Mostly sunny. 69° F. (Feels like 69° F.) …

Sara Palin interview.Reloading.

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:44:01 -0800

Watched Hannity interview as well as others. Look forward to O'Reillys. She cleared up alot of the spin said about her, but what really opened my ears was when she said her Father said: " She's not retreating, She's reloading." What better person to know that. Then I realized,…