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When Far From Home - Holidays - Thanksgiving

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  Turkey Roasted Surrounded by Sage Dressing Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday.  I know for many it seems to be the most boring.  However, for me it was the joy of being with my extended family without all the comparing or stress of getting gifts or of the competition of finding Easter eggs and baskets.  Thanksgiving was a day when we all got together and just hung out with each other.  The men would be in the back room, sisters, cousins, and I would be all over, inside and outside of the house playing, aggravating, stealing whatever food that was near readiness.  Grabbing a slice of ham, or a piece of the turkey after Grandpa sliced it, or if we worked it perfectly a devilled egg.  The women, i.e Grandma, Aunt and Mom would keep running us out of the small kitchen that barely fit them.  Then finally, the entire spread would be laid out on the kitchen table and we would all gather around trying to get our favorite dishes on our plate.  There were a lot of choices and a t

I’m Not Here to Change Your Mind

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I’m not here to change your mind, I just want to express my views in a reasonable manner.   I’m sorry, but I dislike President Trump, not only as a man, but as a president of the United States of America.  I understand why many wealthy Americans and corporations love him, but I can’t get my mind around why anyone who struggles week to week would ever vote for him.  While he was campaigning the first time around, initially I thought he would be an interesting choice, but leading up to the election the lies he told, the comments he made, esp about grabbing p>$$% made me want to hurl.  I can still remember him being on Roseanne Barr’s talk show, even before his show “The Apprentice” and she asked if he’d ever been with a fat woman and he replied no.  As bad as I thought that was when he sexualized his daughter and his reaction to her once again made my skin crawl.  But many people have no issues with his incestual comments. I disagree with his views on LGBTQ rights.. He is trying to r