Come, November. You with your winds and rains. Your passions and gratitudes. Your brisk walks and sparkle-frosted mornings. Come, November. We’ll warm up with your soups and stews, breads and blankets. We’ll be mesmerized by your achingly clear midnight skies pierced for a moment by your stars and the sharp slice of your moon. Come, November. You with your chill and stark sticks. Your reluctant light and bare-boned trees. You, all gray-skied and maybe misunderstood. Come, November. We’ll walk together, thankful and daring, making our way toward winter. We’ll travel by candlelight, firelight, and lamplight. Side-by-side, step-by-step. Disregarding the forecast and choosing instead to count our blessings, knowing nothing is ever as bleak as wasting a single day. Come, November. Let’s gather ‘round your table and be nourished in your company. Hopeful, happy, and home.
one hopeful year 
I never fail to be comforted and inspired by your writings, friend …
Happy November to you! We have much to be grateful for.
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Hi Linda! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your visits and shares and kind comments are so special to me. Let’s move into November with happy, hopeful hearts!
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Cozy and warm thoughts for a chilly day! Let us not waste a day. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Hi Betty! Thank you for your kind comments! I’m motivated to accept each day as it comes. I’ve wanted to ask you if you saw the comment I left on your blog? I wasn’t sure I was doing it in the correct manner.
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You are welcome. I’m sorry, but I did not see a comment from you. I do reply to every comment. Once in a while something goes into the spam folder by mistake, but I didn’t see it there either.
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I will try again!!! 🤗
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That would be great! I hope it works because I’d really like to see your comment! Good luck!
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Lovely words. Lovely thoughts. Thank you for sharing them.
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Welcome Linda! Thank you so much! Hopeful words for a hopeful heart!
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I like how you beckon November as if a friend. Your sensitivity to the beauty nature shares with us is always so evident and thoughtfully stated.
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Thank you very much, Suzanne. I’m making it a point to fight my tendencies to tuck myself inside until June. Being outdoors helps me in so many ways, but I resist it when it’s cold!
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