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Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 28 Nov 24

Thanksgiving, along with Christmas are my favorite holidays. I love Thanksgiving - 1. because it flows from the arrival of the Pilgrims and their Christian faith that so impacted the founding of America. It references a time when...

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Temples in Lumbini Gardens, Nepal

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381905) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Feb 20

The Lumbini Garden area in Nepal is being continually developed and includes a number of marvellous temples, each built by individual countries. In a country as poor as Nepal, it seems a rather extravagant luxury to see the money...

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Mayadevi Gardens, Lumbini, Nepal

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381905) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Feb 20

We visited Lumbini when we went to Nepal. It is one of the world's most important spiritual sites. Buddhist pilgrims come from around the world to study, meditate and absorb the peacefulness of Lumbini Mayadevi garden. Over...

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November 9 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 9 Nov 19

World Freedom Day Go to an Art Museum Today Day 1620 - Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 1861 - The first documented football game is played in Canada. 1934 - Carl Sagan was born. He was an...

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September 16 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 16 Sep 19

National Guacamole Day National Play-Doh Day 1620 - The Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower from England. 1908 - The General Motors Corporation is founded. 1959 - The first successful photocopier made by Xerox is introduced via...

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Book Review Chaucer The Canterbury Tales - The Wife Of Baths Prologue

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 Feb 18

Unusually, the Wife Of Bath’s Prologue is much longer than her story itself, and therefore it gets full page to itself here. The Wife, Alyson (or Alis), is one of Chaucer’s most likeable characters, and her Prologue and the...

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Book Review Chaucer The Canterbury Tales The Monks Tale

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Feb 18

Prologue The Host enjoyed Chaucer’s Tale Of Melibee much more than that preceding Chaucer’s Tale Of Sir Topaz but he feels that he cannot relate too easily to the wise Lady Prudence, as his own wife is a nagging old...

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Day 25 Thankfulness

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 25 Nov 17

30 Day Thanksgiving Challenge Day 25 I am thankful for those first Scrooby Pilgrims who braved the dangerous voyage, and sailed to America on the Mayflower. They encountered many obstacles and dangers, yet they pressed on. They...

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Cooking Complete

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 23 Nov 17

We will be spending Thanksgiving with my husband's family. We and all our kids will be heading to south Alabama, then coming back home after a few hours of visiting. We swap, each year, between my family and my husband's. I...

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Thanksgiving-Religious Origins or Not?

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 19 Nov 17

Here in America, through the re-writing of American history, there has been the drive to remove all religious aspects from our history. There has been a smear campaign on the Founding Fathers. There has been a demonizing of...

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Little Known Facts About Thanksgiving

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 18 Nov 17

1. The Mayflower was not the only ship chartered for the journey to America. There was also a ship called the Speedwell. It attempted the voyage 3 times, but would began taking on water and have to return to the departing venue....

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Fun Thanksgiving Facts

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 13 Nov 17

One of the fun things about homeschooling is that we don't have to stick, strictly, to text books. Every month we, also, do seasonal unit studies. For the month of November, several years ago, we did little known fun facts about...

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Visiting Lourdes, France

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381905) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Jul 17

We were so close to Lourdes on our journey through France that we decided not to miss it. We found a lovely camping ground and tried to catch a bus into town but in the end we caught a taxi from the train station where the...

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The Singing Pilgrim

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 9 Feb 16

Sometimes I just jabber when my mind is occupied or overtaxed. Sometimes my jabbering comes out in snatches of musical blathering. And so I began this morning, warbling "oh my, oh my, who put gin in the pie?" This caused The...

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The True Origins of Thanksgiving Day

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 23 Nov 10

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How's your life?

einajesor @einajesor (25) • Philippines 2 Jul 10

My life is so wonderful. I thank God for the ultimate challenges in my life. I am stronger now! Life is so hard but i know everything is under control. God is my life! Abundant blessings! How about you? how's your life?

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Can you trace your family roots to Mayflower heritage?

sender621 @sender621 (14889) • United States 21 Nov 09

With the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner, our thoughts turn to the courageous pilgrims who suffered the long Mayflower journey to begin a new life. Can you trace your family roots to the heritage of the Mayflower?...

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Are We A Christian Nation?

TheRepublicMenu @TheRepublicMenu (290) • United States 10 Jun 09

U.S President Obama is the first president that I have seen say that the United States of America is not a Christian nation. Yet he goes to the Middle East and tells millions of Muslims that America is one of the top - filled...

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El Santuario De Chimayo, the "Lourdes of America"

waterdragon @waterdragon (13) • United States 18 Dec 06

El Santuario de Chimayo (New Mexico) is known for its sacred, healing, holy dirt. I had the honor of writing the 2006-2007 Visitors' Guide for The Espanola Valley, and this poem plus the article following are included in that...

How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?

FlaKNMB @FlaKNMB (831) • United States 15 Nov 06

Do you know how long the very first Thanksgiving celebration lasted? Was it: 1) 1 day 2) 2 days 3) 3 days 4) 4 days 5) 5 days

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