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✯ Hope all is well my friend...

✯ Happy Sunday....Have a wonderful week ahead......Stay safe

✯ André Rieu - O Fortuna....✯ Music Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJC-_j3S...

This video summing up 2020 has left netizens across the world praising it.......
There’s unlikely to be a year like 2020 any time soon and a video that compiles footage from some of the biggest global events is being praised on social media. The video features music composed and edited by Cee-Roo, an EDM artiste from Switzerland, and features a montage of visuals from events around the world. So there’s footage of the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests, the US elections, the Beirut blast, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the death of sporting stars like Kobe Bryant and Diego Maradona.

However, the video ends on an optimistic note with footage of frontline workers receiving applause, Joe Biden’s electoral victory, and police officials taking a knee during the Black Lives Matter protests.

We are not going to forget this year any time soon!

Brilliant...Every human on this planet should watch this video just to remember we all belong to humanity and we need to be respectful and unite to build a better world.
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Runtime:4min.... vimeo.com/492754620
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Have a great weekend..........Stay safe.

🔸 This Day In History........August 15th 1969
*On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock music festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New York town of Bethel. Promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang originally envisioned the festival as a way to raise funds to build a recording studio and rock-and-roll retreat near the town of Woodstock, New York. The longtime artists’ colony was already a home base for Bob Dylan and other musicians. Despite their relative inexperience, the young promoters managed to sign a roster of top acts, including the Jefferson Airplane, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many more.



... *Half a million people waited on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, for the three-day music festival to start. Billed as An Aquarian Experience 3 Days of Peace and Music, the epic event would later be known simply as Woodstock and become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Woodstock was a success.

*But the massive concert didn’t come off without a hitch Last-minute venue changes, bad weather and the hordes of attendees caused major headaches. Still, despite—or because of—a lot of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll and rain, Woodstock was a peaceful celebration and earned its hallowed place in pop culture history.
🔸 Hope you are well...Enjoy the weekend and always stay safe.
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.....American Artist - Painter.......*Heather Theurer
Some stories begin on well-defined roads or with billboard accomplishments. But the story of an artist usually begins somewhere less noticeable, perhaps even unrecognizable to most. It is just such a beginning that gave life to the art of creator, Heather Theurer.

Although she was not able to obtain a formal education in art, all her studies of the natural world in addition to the works of great artists including the renaissance masters, the pre-raphaelites of the late 19th century and modern masters have influenced her work in a way she couldn’t imagine getting in a classroom.

... Her process in painting is constantly morphing as she applies new techniques, but most often consist of a multitude layers of paint and glazes as many as 20 or so in some cases, to reach the desired depth and detail that dominates her work.
Heather's paintings are constructed in the midst of a bustling family with five children in Las Vegas, Nevada. And although that poses a multitude of challenges of its own, her art has gone on to get the attention of USA Today, the LA Times and received recognition and awards from respected organizations such as Art Renewal Center, Artist's Magazine and Spectrum, among others.
Sending well wishes and plenty of sunshine your way to brighten up your day. Remember to keep your head up high and a smile on your face.....Wishing you well......Stay safe my friend.
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ᕼᗩᐯE ᗩ ᔕᗩᖴE ᗩᑎᗪ ᗯOᑎᗪEᖇᖴᑌᒪ ᗯEEK ᗩᕼEᗩᗪ...............ᔕTᗩY ᕼEᗩᒪTᕼY.

Swedish Artist - Painter - Illustrator.....☆ Alexander Jansson ....Creative imaginings
Alexander Jansson is a freelance artist born in Uppsala, Sweden, who lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has an offbeat and unique view of the world he creates. Sleeping House is his design studio. He specializes in cover art, illustration, character design, concept art and graphic design.







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Happy May....*Hope you and everyone you care for is in good health....Stay safe my friend.
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𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 ..........................𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄𝙣 𝙄𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡......𝘽𝙮 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙩. 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙡
Last Night in Montreal is a story of love, amnesia, compulsive travel, the depths and the limits of family bonds, and the nature of obsession. In this extraordinary debut, Emily St. John Mandel casts a powerful spell that captures the reader in a gritty, youthful world charged with an atmosphere of mystery, promise and foreboding where small revelations continuously change our understanding of the truth and lead to desperate consequences. Mandel's characters will resonate with you long after the final page is turned.
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙖𝙙...............𝘽𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙘 𝙈𝙘𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙮
The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.

𝘼 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘿𝙖𝙮......................𝘽𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝 𝙋𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙧
In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concerts impossible, except for those willing to break the law for the love of music, and for one chance at human connection.

*Andrea Bocelli AMAZING GRACE vivo desde Milan.....# musicforhope
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCHJJ5E...

Our lives have changed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it can feel a little overwhelming at times. But now, people around the world found a way to bring hope, through one simple phrase......#Everything Will Be Ok.....#Ca Va Bien Allez ....Stay Healthy my friend.
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*𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓......𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒏, *𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉.𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔, 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓.― 𝑫𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝑿𝑰𝑽...........𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝑴𝒚 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅.

ᗩᗰᕮᖇIᑕᗩᑎ ᗩᑌTᕼOᖇ KᖇISTᗩᑎ ᕼIGGIᑎS............ᒪIᖴᕮ ᗩᑎᗪ OTᕼᕮᖇ IᑎᑕOᑎᐯᕮᑎIᕮᑎᑕᕮS
★Kristan Higgins is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nearly twenty novels, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.She lives in Connecticut with her husband, two children....In this book, three generations of women in the London family come together one summer, including Genevieve, the unforgiving matriarch, so convinced of her own moral superiority and so broken from a long-ago loss, her adult granddaughter, Emma, who had to forge a life on her own after getting pregnant in high school; and Emma’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Riley, who is the key to bringing these estranged women together.
★ The summer is full of shocking secrets, surprising twists, and unexpected grace. Despite their differences, Genevieve and Emma love each other fiercely, and once Emma understands what Genevieve is truly up against, she turns woman warrior on her behalf while also creating a new life for herself and Riley in the place she’d never expected to come back to. Higgins explores another set of deeply affecting topics using engaging characters and a full spectrum of realistic emotions, humor, anger, anguish, and pride, among others, but above all, hope.
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A Publishers Weekly and USA Today Bestseller
A heart-wrenching page-turner told with warmth and humor...People Magazine
A rich testament to the power of second chances...Women’s World

ᕼᗩᑭᑭY SᑌᑎᗪᗩY......ᕼᗩᐯᕮ ᗩ ᗯOᑎᗪᕮᖇᖴᑌᒪ ᗯᕮᕮK ᗩᕼᕮᗩᗪ........STᗩY Sᗩᖴᕮ
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❤️ 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩. 𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙......𝘽𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡. .....𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮

ᑕᗩᖇᑎᕮᐯᗩᒪᕮ ᗪI ᐯᕮᑎᕮᘔIᗩ 2020..............2020 ᐯᕮᑎIᑕᕮ ᑕᗩᖇᑎIᐯᗩᒪ...*ITᗩᒪY
★In 1980, Venice renewed the tradition. Every year,on February 08th to February 25th three million visitors fill the bridges, canals and squares of Venice and turn the city into a giant theater stage.

★The city itself becomes a living and breathing decoration. Visiting the city during the carnival dates is a marvelous opportunity to reveal the most closely guarded secrets of one of the most unique and magic cities in the world. The mask is an indispensable part of ancient tradition from the 11th century.
★ The original Carnival took place in 1162 to honor one of Venice's victorious battles when the city was known as the Repubblica della Serenissima. It took more than a hundred years before city leaders proclaimed Carnival an official event, and then it grew until its wild peak in the 18th century, when Venice was renowned as the pleasure capital of Europe, producing the likes of the famously hedonistic Casanova.The carnival of Venice is unlike any other carnival in Europe or the whole world.
... ★ To best understand Carnival of Venice, you need to understand the importance of the maschera or masks.The mascherari, or professional mask makers, have prestigious roles in society, with statues honoring them dating to 1436.Masks allow members from all classes of society to party together under the veil of anonymity.......★ Will make you wish you lived in a different time period ★
★ ᕼᗩᐯᕮ ᗩ ᗯOᑎᗪᕮᖇᖴᑌᒪ ᗯᕮᕮK.......STᗩY Sᗩᖴᕮ
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˜”*°•.˜”*°• 𝘖𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 14𝘵𝘩, 2019 𝘈𝘮𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 36 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 23𝘳𝘥 2011 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘺, 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘫𝘢𝘻𝘻 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 •°*”˜.•°*”˜
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𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘰 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJAfLE39...
𝘙𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘣
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUmZp8pR...
𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeVUvA_B...
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘕𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=miVQKgL9...
𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDh60Z_...
𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP...
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘋𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBBKmDI...
𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘴 𝘈 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatZ9VSF...
𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘺 𝘖𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘖𝘸𝘯
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𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥.....𝘉𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥.
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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗪𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸....𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁............ ...𝗕𝘆 𝗗𝗿.𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻
I walk because, somehow, it’s like reading....... You’re privy to these lives and conversations that have nothing to do with yours...............Every walk is a sort of crusade.

Why do I walk? I like the rhythm of it, my shadow always a little ahead of me on the pavement. I like being able to stop when I like, to lean against a building and make a note in my journal, or read an email, or send a text message, and for the world to stop while I do it. Walking, paradoxically, allows for the possibility of stillness. Walking is mapping with your feet. It helps you piece a city together, connecting up neighbourhoods that might otherwise have remained discrete entities, different planets bound to each other, sustained yet remote. I like seeing how in fact they blend into one another, I like noticing the boundaries between them. Walking helps me feel at home. There’s a small pleasure in seeing how well I’ve come to know the city through my wanderings on foot, crossing through different neighborhoods of the city, some I used to know quite well, others I may not have seen in a while, like getting reacquainted with someone I once met at a party. Sometimes I walk because I have things on my mind, and walking helps me sort them out. I walk because it confers or restores a feeling of placeness. I walk because, somehow, it’s like reading. You’re privy to these lives and conversations that have nothing to do with yours, but you can eavesdrop on them. Sometimes it’s overcrowded; sometimes the voices are too loud. But there is always companionship. You are not alone......*You walk in the city side by side with the living and the dead.
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ᕼᗩᐯE ᗩ ᗯOᑎᗪEᖇᖴᑌᒪ ᗯEEK.......ᔕTᗩY ᔕᗩᖴE.
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𝘼𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧, 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩. ..............𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙖𝙣
Mariam Petrosyan, is most well known as the author of the award-winning novel The Gray House.Mariam Petrosyan was born in 1969 in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. After finishing an art college she became a cartoonist at the Studio of Armenfilm. Later she moved to Moscow to work at Soyuzmultfilm, but came back to Yerevan in 1995 and returned to Armenfilm.
🔹 The House, which sits overlooked on the outskirts of town, is a boarding school for disabled young adults. Isolated from the Outsides, the residents of the House are enmeshed in a carefully constructed world of unspoken rules and thorny histories. The meandering narrative moves back and forth in time, alternating narrators and tenses, to paint an intricate portrait of a social order that appears ultimately dictated by an unknown force, understood by its inhabitants to be the House itself. When student deaths begin to pile up over the course of the narrative, readers can identify with newcomer Smoker as he tries to understand the mysteries of the House and the source of its power over its inhabitants.....Mariam Petrosyan rips up the rule book, presenting a highly original and energetic novel that will give the reader an insight into a world that is seldom presented.
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🔹 I genuinely, enjoyed this book. This is absolutely my sort of novel. I loved the characters, I loved the structure, and I loved the surreal sense of mysticism and deep unease that permeated the whole of the House. I loved the whimsy, I loved the quirkiness, and I loved the constant uncertainty.

🔹 In terms of genre, this is an excellent example of weird, surreal, quirky, slice of life fantasy with a dose of magical realism...*The house, it emerges, has hidden dimensions

Have a wonderful weekend...........Stay safe
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Wishing you 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8760 hours of joy, 525600 minutes of good luck and 31536000 seconds of happiness....Stay Healthy-Stay Safe....*Happy 2020.

Love, joy and happiness is all I wish for you. May you wake up on Christmas morning and find them all in your shoe.....Have a Blessed Christmas week......Happy Holidays....Stay Safe.

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Sew Torn is a tale of a seamstress, her thread, an unusual encounter on a lonely mountain road, and a deal gone really bad...................*Very well done and clever film......
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True Story.............*A Family Tradition....................By Author-Joseph M. Mazzella

✯ It was mid-October when I first spotted them.They were the first Christmas decorations of the year. It was the beginning of the 10 week period when the stores do all they can to get us to buy all we can. It was the great Christmas shopping rush and the bigger the gifts the better. I shook my head sadly and walked on, but then a wonderful memory came back into my mind. It was late-December from several years earlier. I was shopping alone trying to pick up some thick Winter socks to warm my frozen feet. As I rounded the corner in the store I saw a Christmas tree full of paper angels. On each angel was the name of a needy child whose family couldn’t afford to buy them a gift that year. Shoppers who picked an angel could buy a simple toy or gift and the store would wrap it and send it to the child that Christmas. Around the tree I saw a teenage boy and girl picking out several angels apiece. Their mother was smiling while she watched them. I walked up next to her and started talking with her. She told me that her children started this several years ago when she first explained to them what the Charity Angel tree was for. Each offered to give up one of their toys that year so that a needy child could have one. It didn’t stop then, though. Each year since the kids had saved money they earned throughout the year and bought more and more children the gifts they wouldn’t have otherwise. It had become a family tradition. I smiled when she finished, walked over to the tree, and picked out a few angels too. I left the store feeling in touch with the true meaning of Christmas.
... ✯ May we always remember that life is not about the money you have or the things you own. Life is about the love you share and the people you help. And may we also see that it is never too late to start a family tradition

Lonely Grandma Posts Touching Craigslist Ad Searching For Christmas Family
✯ The listing comes from a woman who lives in Tulsa. She claims she has no family and would really like to be a part of one this Christmas...Sadly, the woman removed the post after receiving hateful messages. However, that hate is fueling a love-filled search to find the woman and make her Christmas one to remember. An Oklahoma man named Carson Carlock decided to try and find the woman by posting her ad on Facebook. His post has been shared more than 6,000 times and eventually reached the local news. Carson said he did get in touch with her before she deleted the post but all he knows is her name is Carrie. Hopefully Grandma Carrie will see the news because dozens of people have offered to open their homes to her this Christmas while hundreds of others are hoping for an address to send her a Christmas card.

Have a wonderful weekend.........Be well.
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