Here is my favorite Thanksgiving Day Joke:
How do you tell a male turkey from a female turkey?
Wait for it…
Wait for it…
The male turkey is holding the “remote control.”
Ha! Ha! Ha!
So we have arrived at the official day of “thanksgiving.” I’m so grateful to have opposable thumbs. On BOTH hands. To work the remote control (when I can wrestle it from my husband). To play the ukulele and type these words on the computer. To give someone a hug. I’m so glad you have opposable thumbs too. To do what you do.
All in all, it’s a good day to wake up! Enjoy every precious moment.
Talk about being w-a-y behind…
I just posted a video of The CC Strummers performing “Simple Gifts” on YouTube. We did this song last year at our Holiday Show, which explains my Santa hat. It was written in 1848 by Elder Joseph Brackett, JUNIOR, for his fellow Shakers to dance and sing along. It remained largely unknown until almost a hundred years later when Aaron Copeland featured the melody in his ballet, Appalachian Spring. Then it morphed into a television theme for the show “The Twentieth Century,” narrated by Walter Cronkite on CBS. That’s where I first heard it. (Remember the Prudential Insurance “Rock of Gibraltar,” kids?). This beautiful piece of music reminds me that gratitude is timeless. Click here to watch the video. And have a lovely Thanksgiving!