GIve Ye Thanks

Three years after the Pilgrims’ arrival and two years after the first “Thanksgiving,” this proclamation was made by Governor William Bradford:

To all ye Pilgrims:
In as much as the great Father has given us this year and abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat , peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetable, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as he has protected us from the ravages of the savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease, has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience;
now I, your magistrate, do proclaim that all ye Pilgrims, with your wives and ye little ones, do gather at ye meeting house, on ye hill, between the hours of 9 and 12 in the daytime, on Thursday, November ye 29th, of the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and twenty-three, and the third year since ye Pilgrims landed on ye Pilgrim Rock, there to listen to ye pastor and render thanksgiving to ye Almighty God for all his blessings.

William Bradford, Ye Governor of Ye Colony

May all ye and ye’rs have a blessed day of Thanksgiving to the Almighty for His continued blessings.

Happy Thanksgivng!

Our Daughter: The Writer...Update

We previously mentioned that our oldest little blessing, under the pen name "Elyn W. Marsh" had one short story and one poem "bought" by the online magazine Mindflights.

Since then, they have also picked up another of her poems, and most exciting of all they decided to include her short story in the print version. Our copy arrived in the mail just the other day.

It's pretty exciting to pick up a book, open the pages, and find your own words staring back at you. The book is simply a collection of some of the material posted on the website, but if anyone is interested, you can go here to purchas a copy.

Congratulations, Sunshine!