A visit from relatives

I hope your homes will be full of friends and relatives this Thanksgiving, just as mine will be. I expect to stuff them all fuller than my turkey.

List of thanks...

I have a list, we all do, so let's get started.

First, I give thanks for living in a free, rich and healthy United States.
Second, for having a loving husband, two loving daughters and two loving sons through marriage, and for four healthy, loving, happy, well adjusted, and smart as whippersnappers grandchildren.

I give thanks that our government is made up of mostly thoughtful, caring people who want our country to be better.

I also want to give thanks for the plethora of good reading that I find all around us.

And of course, to those of you who have read my first book, Unraveling Ada, I give a special thanks.

But I do have one regret that I add in the hope that by doing so it will end up on next year's list of thanks: with the near demise of print media, especially small, local newspapers, we have lost our watchdogs over our local governments. This is no more apparent than here in California--where some of those so-called public servants are paying themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. So to my annual prayer of thanks I add a wish that everyone would subscribe to their local newspapers today--so that they may hire an extra reporter to watch those dogs. Without your financial support, these guardians of our freedom may cease to exist.

And one small prayer: for all those women and children worldwide who suffer under oppression and violence, I pray for their release.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and eat lots of wholesome food. Try some home cooking for the best possible flavors!
Barbara

Trouble with G-mail

Unfortunately someone has hacked my G-mail account and sent out advertisements for Apple iPads. I do not own an Apple iPad, and don't advertise anything but my book, Unraveling Ada, a Quilted Mystery Novel.

Thank you for understanding that I have no control over spam or hackers.
Barbara Sullivan