Friday, November 20, 2020

For "Goodness" Sakes!





 







My impish and pretty CB was "feelin' good in the neighborhood" yesterday.  

I grabbed a camera, and, though the photos are a bit grainy, they still show that CB knows how to perform. 

And, when he does, it's a sight to behold. As usual, his buddies could have cared less. 

Hope you enjoy his antics.

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The front-page Daily Bee article below provides a "for goodness sake" inspiration. 

I also just learned from Debbie that the food bank is giving away turkeys to needy families today and next week. 

The need will be ongoing and more urgent than ever before, as you'll see by reading the story.  

So, do donate however you can.  





That's our Debbie, director of the Bonner Community Food Bank.



In Covid news, locally, yesterday, the Panhandle Health Board passed a mask mandate for the northern counties of Idaho.

Two board members, both from Bonner County, voted against the mandate, while one from Boundary County abstained. 


Social media forums of resistance almost immediately lit up with the usual bravado-filled resistance. 

It's no understatement to say that Pandemic weariness is getting wearier by the day in countless ways all across the globe, but I'm sure few of those frustrations don't come close to the weariness felt by medical providers trying to save lives worldwide, including Bonner County.  

Just sayin'. 

I saw the eye-opening graphic below in this morning's New York Times news summary.







In the Times morning review, I also saw this interesting and creative idea for the upcoming days of gratitude. 

We still can be thankful, can't we?



from this morning's New York Times:  Six word stories

At a Thanksgiving dinner more than a decade ago, a magazine editor named Larry Smith made a suggestion to his relatives seated at the table: They should each tell a story about themselves — in only six words. It was a twist on a challenge that somebody apparently once issued to Ernest Hemingway.

Smith’s family had fun with the idea that night, and he soon turned it into a best-selling book series.  More recently, he wrote a Times Op-Ed, "The Pandemic in Six-Word Memoirs." 

For Thanksgiving, I want to invite the readers of this newsletter to do a version of the exercise. In this year of pandemic, politics and so much else, tell us what makes you grateful, in just six words.

“The constraint of the six-word form helps us get to the essence of what matters most,” Smith says, “and I can’t think of a time when expressing gratitude has been more important.”

He advises you to go in any direction you want: “You can express gratitude for life’s big things (‘Cancer-free after five long years’) or seasonal joys (‘Daughter now makes family Thanksgiving feast’). Maybe you’re thankful for current events (‘Vaccines are coming — thank you, science!’) or a longer life journey (‘We all lived through son’s teens’).”


Happy Friday.  Wear your mask.  Stay positive. 

And, for goodness sake, help wherever and however you can. 











1 comment:

Eileen said...

CB just takes my breath away when you post these gorgeous pictures.