HAPPENINGS FOR ANOTHER DAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025
Another day and another dollar —-actually forget “Dollar” because compared to what it was as late as 2024, it is now only worth 97.1 cents of what it was then…….Inflation is a wonderful thing isn’t it? The more things cost to buy, the better the economy is … when people spend more, then sellers of stuff make more money ….and if that isn’t a great economy I don’t know what is. So what about the “Purchaser?” — The purchaser doesn’t count, has never counted and will never be counted except as someone to exploit, especially by the sellers of merchandise and services, so if you are looking for a break at your favorite retailer, forget it— all those so called “Coupon” savings you think you are saving money on are more than likely (In my most astute opinion) nothing but fractions of artificially-inflated price tags on store shelves to make you think you have saved something when, in most cases, in fact, you have paid even more than you once did before. — Merchandisers are clever at their hypnotic craft……. Yet, they are the “Backbone” of the American Economy, right? (If you think that is correct then just let the consuming masses go on a national boycott of something and you will soon see who the backbone of the economy really is.

Thanksgiving has come and gone yet once again and it was happy for Jimmy and I —-big dinner…..Americans love their big dinners for Thanksgiving, don’t they? Of course I overcooked the turkey but it did not get all dried out and tough so that was some kind of miracle….. yams, dressing (stuffing), banana pudding, gravy, potatoes, carrots, cranberry sauce made with whole cranberries— all the stuff that goes with such dinners and more…..more because Jim is a prodigious cook having spent years cooking at various commercial buffet style restaurants as well as at a big Kentucky university …….My focus on giving thanks this year was, of course, thanks that I have survived my cdif infection for as long as I have and as good as has been granted to me —- feeling much better —- do not know if it is my imagination or not, but I think I am feeling a lot better now….Of course the troubling thoughts do come and go, thoughts such as “Am I really ever going to get over all this so that I can live normally again? (This thing can take months and months to properly resolve after all.) But I am doing the best I can with what has been given to me and my attitude is more positive now than it has been for weeks and weeks.

so my big concern right now is the hope, wish and prayer that anyone and everyone who is reading here right now is blessed in all things beyond their wildest imaginations…..