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Thanks to the Writer's Almanac for this post  "Today is Thanksgiving Day . In the fall of 1621, the Plymouth colonists had barely survived the previous winter and had lost about half their population. The Wampanoag people and their chief, Massasoit, were friendly toward the Pilgrims and helped teach them how to live on different land with new food sources. A man known as Squanto, a Patuxet living with the Wampanoag tribe, knew English because he had been a slave in England. He taught the settlers how to plant corn, beans, and squash and how to catch eel and shellfish. The Pilgrims built seven houses, a meeting place, and storehouses full of food, so they invited the Wampanoag Indians to feast with them. Harvest festivals were nothing new; both the English and the Wampanoag had similar traditions in their culture. At the first Thanksgiving, they didn't eat mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, and they probably didn't even eat turkey. The only two foods that are a...

As Michael Beckwith says MLK didn’t go to Washington D.C. and say ‘I have a complaint.’ He went to Washington DC and said “I have a dream." See today where you are forgetting your dream, it is time to pick it back up and share it (instead of all the other things you are sharing) smiles, Melanie Day Twenty Two  of Mel’s 100 days of Love and Inspiration. Melanie Lutz is a screenwriter, author, and poet. For more, visit her  Flight of the Soul  blog on  Beliefnet .

Today is Veteran's Day! This holiday commemorates the U.S. men and women who have given of themselves in military service to our country. It's a time of remembrance. It's a time to honor those who encourage the ideals that we all share. peace on earth. freedom of expression. love of our neighbors. service to country. Sometimes you can lose sight of their losses and the sacrifice in the rush of living our lives. But. Nothing brings it so heart-renderingly home than a roll call listing the names of those who have lost their lives or been wounded in the war in Iraq. As the names are read. and. continue on endlessly. as the rushing of loss shakes through your entire body. something else happens. the names are not the only thing read off at the roll call of honor. the ages are also called. and those ages go something like this... twenty one year old. twenty two year old. nineteen year old. twenty three year old... and. on and on. Every soldier has a story. Every soldier knows wh...

Andre Rieu (Holland) did a tribute to Frank Sinatra with My Way on his (Stradivarius) violin at Radio City Music Hall New York July 29, 2006. Put your unique spin on the notes you play in the world. Have fun!

"I believe...."

It's the day after the election... GET UP.  GET OUT. AND DO SOMETHING to increase the love quotient in your neighborhood...