Wind analysis for trussed tower sheet examines structural forces present in a four-sided truss tower modeled as a support system for a wind turbine. Case I examined only forces due to the weight of the nacelle and rotor, while Case II also incorporated lateral wind force. All forces were idealized as concentrated forces and theoretic analysis was completed using static equilibrium concepts and truss/frame analysis techniques. A PASCO Structure kit was used to construct a model and validate theoretical findings. Weights were applied to the model and the resulting axial forces were measured using load cells. Experimental data concurred with the theoretical analysis within the measured uncertainty, indicating the tower was accurately analyzed as a frame/truss structure.
the entire structure from collapsing due to wind.
wind forces to the Main Wind Force Resisting System.


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Flemish sculptor, part of a family of sculptors and architects of German origin. He is listed in the 1691 records of the Guild of St Luke in Antwerp as a student of Petrus Scheemaekers the Elder, and in 1694-95 he was enrolled in the Guild as a master. His early work included numerous commissions for funerary monuments. For the Paris-van den Bruggen family, he carved the stone figure of St Peter Martyr (signed and dated 1700), which forms part of the series of Dominican saints in the choir of St Pauluskerk, Antwerp, where his marble Virgin of Sorrows (1702) for the monument to Pater Abraham van Greyn is also located. The imposing wall tomb of Pieter Ferdinand Roose, Baron van Boechout has a marble figure of Time flanked by marble relief portrait medallions. The stone monument to the Borckhoven-Pemans family (c. 1708; Antwerp, St Jacobskerk) includes a life-size Ecce homo.
Baurscheit's skill as a portraitist is also evident in his marble busts of Jan van Brouchoven, Count of Bergeyck (c. 1702-6; private collection) and of Philip V of Spain (signed and dated 1700; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp).


Happy New year to all! The holidays are over and now it is time to get some work done! As you all know…we have had a cold end and a cold beginning to the new year. The words "weather permitting" certainly apply to any work that can be done now. At this point in construction, when we have foundations needing to go into the ground, the temperature needs to be higher than the cold stuff we have been having. The weather forecast for late this week is for warmer temperatures. Our "foundation guy" knows that we are all anxiously awaiting progress so hopefully we are going to see some work happening the end of the week. Wishing you all a wonderful 2019 and much construction happening at Sunrise Ridge.


I heard that it was in 2012 that the late Tate Abraham Iyambo announced for primary education to be free come the year after. It was then in 2013 that most of our parents stopped worrying about the start of a new school term.
Being in Grade 4 at the time I didn't really understand or appreciate what such a great change that was for our country. It was only when I was in Grade 6 when I understood and felt grateful since I don't know of any other country that offers free primary like ours.
Growing up in a household where mother was the breadwinner and with 3 other elder siblings studying at university was a challenge for her when it came to Money as she had to put all three of us through school and she didn't even have a nice job that pays nice so now I know how difficult it must have been for her when school starts and how happy she must have been when school holidays came.
I know now how hard she must have worked to pay for our school fees, buy stationery and other things. And even if my other siblings where paying more then me I am glad my school became free at least it gave my mother minus one problem. I remember that I did not always use to pay my school fees on time and most of the time my lunch box only had soft porridge in it that my mother made every morning and it was cold by the time we went for lunch and I would go with oshikundu,sometimes she could not even have N$1.00 to give me for normal clothes day at school and i use to get angry but now i know its because she didn't have any left overs to waste.
When I would ask her to buy me a toy that I saw at one of my friends or ask for a new uniform she said in Oshiwambo "Nashike Nkelo? iimaliwa ihayi mene komuti" meaning with "what my last born? money does not grow on trees", and she will just fix my old uniform. Its not that we were poor its just that she had a lot to take care of and with school becoming free she was happy.
I was lucky to even be schooling in Tsumeb so I can just imagine how happy parents in the villages felt when they heard about free primary because some of them have so many kids that they wanted to send to school but could not afford. Most of this children are clever but because of money they where just home taking care of the cattle or their grandparents, collecting firewood and working in the mahangu field. I am really happy that like me they got the chance to go to school for free because we are the future and this really helps our struggling parents.
Today I even feel bad for repeating grade 6 once because it's like I let education down because it was free. I am now in grade 7 going in grade 8 next year but I wish I could stay in primary school so I won't have to pay for education. I am just joking, I can't wait to go to high school and study to become a doctor and I hope by the time I am one our country will also make high school education free for my future children also. Thank you mom for putting me through school and thank you government for helping her, I promise to continue studying hard and make both you and my country proud.


Durham MCCU players are now back in England having completed a successful seven (7) days of warm weather pre-season cricket and fitness training between Saturday 19th – Friday 25th March at Desert Springs Resort, Europe's only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course with its very own dedicated Cricket Academy, in the Almanzora region of Almeria, Andalucía in south-east Spain.
Paul Grayson, Durham MCCU Head Coach and Gareth Breese, Spin Bowling Coach, accompanied twenty-two (22) players who completed bowling, batting and fielding practice as well as strength and conditioning training sessions as they stepped up their physical preparations for the upcoming 2016 season.
"This has been an exceptional week at Desert Springs, it just couldn't have gone any better!
The service we have received throughout the whole resort has been sensational.
The cricket facilities are top class and exactly what we needed after winter training back in England.
The players and coaches were accommodated in some of the privately owned apartments & townhouses normally reserved for holidays and short breaks at Desert Springs and the resort's executive chef was on hand to cater for the special dietary requirements of individual players dining in El Torrente Restaurant.


You are here: Home / Wellness / How Do I Know if I Have a Food Allergy or a Food Intolerance?
How Do I Know if I Have a Food Allergy or a Food Intolerance?
How do I know if I have a food allergy or a food intolerance and what's the difference? A food allergy is when the immune system engages right after you have consumed, inhaled, or touched a food you are allergic to. The reaction is immediate; it could be a rash, itching, swelling, dizziness, vomiting, teary eyes, tight throat, etc. An IgE test (immunoglobulin E) will tell you what allergies you might have. It is important to stay away from food, pets, and molds that we have an allergy to as they over-stimulate the immune system and cause inflammation.
Food intolerance symptoms take 30 minutes to 3 days to manifest and the symptoms are varied (see below) and cumulative. While there are blood tests for food intolerances (MRT or Mediator Release Testing, ELISA or Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay commonly called IgG testing, and ALCAT or Antigen Leukocyte Antibody Test), you can also test for food intolerances yourself.
If you are suffering from any of these symptoms, I recommend that you first utilize the Be in Health Eating Plan to eliminate as many of your symptoms as possible. If you find you are still experiencing some of these symptoms after a few months following the BiH plan, then I recommend either MRT testing ($395), which tests for 150 different foods, or following the Be in Health Food Reintroduction Challenge.
The Food Reintroduction Challenge (FRC) is a coach-guided eating plan for those whose symptoms' cause has not been identified. The purpose is to eliminate the 5 major known food triggers, as well as the 5 minor known food triggers. Then you will begin adding the trigger foods back to your diet in a planned manner.
You will gain clarity on what food is causing your digestive issues.
You will give your body a break from food that is known to be hard on the digestive system (whether you are intolerant or not).
It's a form of a gentle detox – feeling lighter, brighter, and sharper is a typical outcome.
At least 70% of our immune system is located in the gut lining. This means that a healthy gut contributes to our overall health, and an unhealthy gut leads to a myriad of health problems. How do I know if I have a food allergy or a food intolerance? Sometimes, it's a process of elimination.
This isn't something I have to deal with, Carol, but I know a lot of folks who do. I'm going to send this link to them! I know they'll find it helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for passing it on, Susan. I hope it helps your friends.
Well-researched, as usual, Carol. But I sometimes wonder if gluten intolerance or allergies isn't just the latest fad. And yes, I'm aware of celiac disease. I know food allergies can be serious; my sister is allergic to mushrooms and peanuts and ingesting them can close her airway. Scary stuff!
As knowledge of some issues picks up, sometimes they are blown out of proportion and blamed for everything from cancer to ingrown toenails, but that doesn't negate the initial problem. Hopefully, this sheds more light on the subject.
It's amazing how a food intolerance can creep up on you, isn't it? Allergies usually have obvious and immediate symptoms whereas an intolerance could be put down to other things. It took me ages to realize the negative effect too much bread was having on my body because the symptoms were not immediately obvious. This is great advice for those who are not sure.
I know exactly what you mean, Tamuria. I've experienced the same thing. I'm glad this helped.
I must confess… I love food and usually NOT the healthy good for you stuff either.. but the stuff that tastes good and/or have alcohol in them.. quite honestly I WISH I were allergic, to.. something… but alas.. nope. Though I don't envy those who are.
I used to be the same, Kristen, loving and eating all the wrong things. But once I decided that I wanted to be healthy for the rest of my life, making the change was easy. Only then did I realize how tasty real food is. When your taste buds are tricked by sugar and alcohol, etc., you can't taste it, but once those are gone, your body knows what's good and what tastes good.
One thing I've learned is that a lot of our current food insensitivities are due to the quality of the food, not necessarily the food itself. I remember a man I knew who thought he was allergic to milk products and yet when he switched to organic dairy products, he was perfectly fine with them. This would be especially true with GMO grains as well, I believe. I'd say we are creating a population that is experiencing more and more food issues, especially when I hear that many schools now ban not only peanuts, but so many other foods because of children who are intolerant to them. Thanks for the well-researched article, Carol. Great information for those who just aren't sure if it is an allergy or an insensitivity to a specific food.
You're welcome, Beverley. And you're right, we are creating our own problems.
I have several food intolerances. I found out when I was a freshman in college and have modified my diet because of it. Since then, I have tried to stay as close to clean eating as possible. It seems to work best. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Sometimes, food intolerances go away after staying away from the offending foods for a while. You could always test it (under doctor's supervision, of course).
I've always had some digestive upset and it's hard to know exactly what's causing it. There are many GMOs sneaking into things, food isn't what it used to be. Your list was so comprehensive and people seldom see mental or behavioral changes as having any connection to food, but it's been proven repeatedly. A healthy gut really is the center of a happy person.
You're so right, Meghan, about our guts being the key to our overall health. We really have to be vigilant these days.
This is a very helpful article for someone who suspects she/he has a food intolerance or allergy. So many people react badly to particular foods and others have no clue what foods are causing the problems. Your advice is well worth reading.
Thank you, Beth. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
So glad I don't have any food allergies or intolerances. Many years ago I was allergy tested for everything to deal with asthma & frequent upper respiratory condition. After 10 years of shots, my asthma disappeared, but I take seasonal Allegra. I've been reducing my sugar & carbs intake for a long time & now working on moving my body.
You're so fortunate that your asthma is gone. Sounds like you take really good care of yourself.
Wonderful information Carol. I think it's important that people test out what they can and cannot tolerate through elimination. But as you say, symptoms may not appear for up to 3 days! That makes it very difficult to figure out on your own. There are so many foods that could cause a host of problems. Clean eating and always the best way to go of course.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Lisa. I guide my clients through an elimination plan and then a food reintroduction challenge to help them figure out their intolerances.
I noticed, Carol, As I've gotten older that I don't tolerate some foods, as well as I did when I was younger. Have switched to almond milk, and can tell the difference if I go back to regular milk with cookies (sorry almond milk with cookies just doesn't work). I'm sure some of the reactions are also due to the toxic residues that some foods now carry.
Yes, our bodies do change over time, Joyce, that's why many times we can go back to foods that previously bothered us if we give it enough time.
I am so glad this is something that I do not have to deal with in my life, thank goodness! But I do know so many people , including my mom, who have allergies to Gluten. Thanks for sharing this very informative post 🙂 Good to know!
So many people have problems with gluten. I'm glad you found the information helpful.
Carol – this article is very informative. I remember sitting in a physiology class in 1991, and my instructor stating that 5 years previous (so, mid-80's) the entire immunology portion of the class would take a couple of hours, and there would be only a few pages total in our text addressing the subject. What with the proliferation of AIDS, there has been a huge focus on learning all we can. We still have an enormous way to go, what with auto-immune processes causing some kidney failures, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. You have presented this in an easy to understand format; thank you.
Research and knowledge have certainly come a long way! I'm glad you enjoyed the article.
Thanks these seem like good tips if you have prblem with food allergies.
Food intolerance shows up for me in the form of dairy – and causes bloating and such. I no longer succumb to dairy – ridding of milk was easy as I learned about milk acids and that was a turn off, not to mention the poor treatment of animals. I am always interested to learn about foods and the best for my body. I am especially careful about man made foods and the way foods are chemically infused. Thanks for educating me even more, I really appreciate the info.
Glad you're taking control of your health, Teresa.


I saw a picture of "Prince" Harry playing polo in New York. And while still working on a post about eating in Italy I thought it was time for a preview.
But first I wanted to make clear my thoughts about the "royal" family.
The queen--a pathetic, but pompous prisoner of the State.
Phillip--of limited intelligence, and needs a muzzle and a choke chain collar to go with his short leash.
Charles--means well, but looks absolutely desperate.
William--"the ugly but sensible one."
Harry--the village idiot, needs a DNA test to prove a relationship to the queen, but I think it just lovely how the royal family protects the virtue of Diana after her death.
Say, you look wonderful and very happy!
Needless to say, wish I was there. Will come back to read your posts but that is beyond my current concentration span. Tessa tells me you had a great trip with lots of delicious food. Is that why you are so happy in this pix?


Who's birthday party are you attending?
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Last month, the EEOC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would extend existing recordkeeping requirements under Title VII and the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") to employers covered by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA").
This is not the first time the EEOC has borrowed from these statutes to regulate GINA, so it is likely that the proposed changes will take place.
Like Title VII and the ADA, GINA covers employers with 15 or more employees and prohibits employment discrimination based upon genetic information. Covered employers include employment agencies, labor unions, joint labor-management training programs, and Federal sector employers. The nondiscrimination provisions extend to current and former employees, applicants, trainees, apprentices, and labor union members.
The recordkeeping regulations under the ADA and Title VII which will be extended to GINA require covered employers to maintain all employment and personnel records for one year. All records relating to a charge under Title VII or the ADA must be maintained until the charge is resolved, even if the time extends beyond a year.
Employers are not required to create any new documents as a result of the rule. In fact, the proposed rulemaking would not impose any reporting regulations either. Of course, the door remains open for the EEOC to issue such regulations in the future if necessary.


To be honest with you, this was totally not planned. It just happened, you know?
It was a glorious Thursday afternoon and I had just come home from a 5k run. After taking a quick dip in the pool, I decided to dig through the fridge to find something to replenish my energy. A bowl of quinoa and lentils later, I felt like a goddess. To be completely and utterly honest with you all, this is not me everyday. The girl who exercises diligently and eats nutritiously? That's me, occasionally. Sometimes I get out of bed at 10 and subsist on potato crisps. Other days I thrive on green smoothies and noodle bowls. It's called balance.
To balance out the extremely healthy lunch I had, I decided to go for a snack. That snack in particular was cookie dough. You see, I visited England a couple of years ago, and no trip is complete without a trip to Pizza Hut. A gazillion bottomless sodas later, it came time to order dessert. The warm chocolate chip cookie dough looked irresistible and I promise you, it was everything I could have ever wanted and more. It's absolutely genius, underbaking your cookies such that the top is a hard cookie shell, and the bottom is warm, gooey, decadent cookie dough. I think it's simply marvellous and it is for this reason that I have decided to share this with you today.
Grease 4 ramekins and preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F. Prepare your cookie dough and add to a medium bowl. Add the chocolate chips and the Smarties and use a rubber spatula to fold into the dough, making sure the candies are evenly distributed. Add ½ cup of cookie dough to each ramekin and bake 8 minutes, or until the dough has risen and is just starting to turn golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool for 2 minutes before topping with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce. Indulge immediately!
What is better than warm apples, cold ice cream and sweet caramel sauce?
The answer: NOTHING. This cake combines all my favourite things into a glorious slice of heaven. It is absolutely beautiful, moist, filling and the crumble just takes it that extra mile. I've been in love with this cake since I made a variation of it 2 months ago with bananas. It had all the same themes here, crumbly streusel topping, smooth vanilla ice cream and a gorgeous caramel drizzle to seal the deal. I'd been meaning to make that cake again but unfortunately bananas are out of season! With this unforeseen obstacle ahead, I decided to use apples instead and the result was just as gorgeous.
Even if you're not a fan of all the toppings and add ons, this cake is still beautiful in its natural state. It looks just as wonderful next door to my new ice cream scoop! All in all, this is a winning dessert, reminiscent of winter dinner parties or the holiday season. This cake is perfect for any family get togethers, dinner parties with friends or even when you're sitting at home with a glass of Chardonnay.
Halve the apples before using a sharp paring knife to slice the apple thinly, making sure not to go all the way to the bottom. It's okay if you make a mistake, don't discard any apple slices you end up with. Each slice should be about half a centimetre thick. This is called hasselbacking the apple. If desired, you can quarter the apples so that they aren't as chunky in the cake. Toss the apples in a small bowl with the lemon juice and sugar and set aside.
Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F. Grease a 10 inch springform pan.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Crack the eggs into the bowl one by one, stirring well after each addition. Add the vanilla essence and buttermilk and stir until combined.
Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt into the bowl and use a rubber spatula to fold the dry ingredients into the wet. The batter will be very thick. Scrape the batter into the greased springform pan and use the back of a spoon to level it out. Press the hasselbacked apples into the dough, and scatter any stray apple pieces you may have over the surface. Set aside.
Prepare the streusel by combining the oats, flour, sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mixing together. Add the butter and use your hands or a fork to cut the butter into the dry ingredients until you have a crumbly dough.
Sprinkle the streusel over the cake batter in an even layer. Bake the cake for 35-40 minutes in the preheated oven, the cake is done when the streusel is a deep golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool at room temperature for at least 15 minutes before serving. This is best served warm with caramel sauce and ice cream. Lush!
Excuse me while I steal a slice of heaven!
Have I lost my mind? Maybe so. I've been buried 6 feet deep in chocolate dreams and I was itching to manifest my daydreams of hot fudge sauce and creamy mousse into an actual dish.
So after many hours of scouring Pinterest and Instagram, I finally came up with this. I had felt so inspired by this recipe for Seriously Fudgy Homemade Brownies by Sally's Baking Addiction and I just knew that I had to try them. I fell in love with this recipe and decided that it would be the starting point for the massive project idea I was working on.
I knew I wanted something with the texture of a mousse but I felt like going for a chocolate mousse would be too much and an icing wouldn't be enough. And thus the vanilla cheesecake idea came about.
Most people would have stopped there and said "This is good. I have cheesecake. I have brownie. Uh brownie cheesecaaaaake!" Not me. Never. Always got to take it from 0-100. So I topped it with hot fudge sauce, brownies and more melted chocolate because TREAT YO'SELF.
What even are New Years Resolutions? After this cake, I don't even remember. This would make a decadent Valentines Day present for your boo-thang or even as a celebratory single cake for you and your girls on a night in! Grab a glass of milk, unbutton your jeans and fall into a heavenly chocolate bliss with this cake!
Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F. Lightly grease a 9 inch springform pan. Grease and line a 6×6 square pan with parchment paper.
Add the butter and half the chopped chocolate to a large microwave safe bowl and microwave in 20 second increments, stirring after each round, until completely melted. Whisk in the sugar and stir until absorbed by the butter. Add the eggs, vanilla essence and dissolved espresso and stir until completely incorporated.
Sieve in the cocoa powder, flour and salt and use a rubber spatula to fully blend together. Drop the remaining half of the chopped chocolate into the thick batter, and stir gently to distribute.
Spoon half of the brownie batter in the springform pan and smooth into an even layer, using the back of a spoon. Spoon the remaining half into the square pan, making sure to also smooth it into an even layer. The batter in the springform pan will form the brownie base of the cheesecake whilst the brownies baked in the rectangular pan will be used for decoration.
Bake in the preheat oven for between 20 and 25 minutes (mine takes about 23 minutes), or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs (it shouldn't be wet). Remove from the oven and set aside to cool. The batter in the springform pan will be used for the base of the cheesecake and the ones in the rectangular pan will be used for decoration.
Preheat your oven to 180°C/350°F. Spoon the cream cheese into a large bowl and use a handheld electric whisk to beat until smooth, creamy and free of lumps, about 2 minutes. Beat in the castor sugar until blended, another 2 minutes. Pour in the sour cream and vanilla essence, then beat again. Crack the eggs in, one by one, whisking well after each addition. Be careful not to overmix the batter.
Pour the cheesecake batter over the brownie base (it's okay if it's still warm, it doesn't have to have cooled completely) and bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until it appears to be set on the edges and dry to the touch. It's okay if it's a bit wobbly in the middle, it will continue to firm up as it cools.
Refrigerate the cheesecake for at least 4 hours before decorating.
Spread the hot fudge sauce over the vanilla cheesecake layer, making sure to go right up to the edges.
Remove the decoration brownies from the rectangular pan and cut into brownies. Layer them on top of the cheesecake.
Drizzle the melted chocolate over the cheesecake. If you're feeling extra sweet, you can also drizzle caramel sauce over. Top with sparklers for a fun twist! Serve at room temperature and wow all your guests! If you have leftovers (Gasp!) then store them in a closed container in the fridge. The cheesecake will keep up to 5 days in the fridge and the brownies for a week at room temperature.


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James Quarmby, a leading tax lawyer has slammed the tax mans plans to tax employees on income and benefits that have never been received.
James is tax Partner at Thomas Eggar LLP, said plans introduced in the draft Finance Bill in December 2010, were an "affront to the long cherished principles of our tax law".
The new rules seek to make employers / employees pay tax on income in trusts etc which may never be drawn down. The legislation states that the tax charge will still arise even if the employee has no legal right to any money or other benefit from the employer.
The rules are trying to overcome the avoidance of employment income tax by employers and their employees channeling money through third party entities such as employee benefit trusts (EBTs) and employer financed retirement benefit schemes (EFRBS). But as usual – this is taking a sledge hammer to crack a nut.
At the moment it is the governments wish that wages do not rise steeply and that employers look at other ways to incentivise – at least that what they say – but these new rules will discourage the kind of long termism they purport to support.
Taxing employees on monies they have not and may never receive is patently unfair – especially since – as the employee has not yet had the money or benefits in the EBF, they will have to find the tax payment out of their income (most tax payments are deducted before receipt of net pay).
Despite mounting criticism the tax man is taking his usual stance (WGAF) and is pressing ahead anyway – another well thought out bit of red tape.
There are in all probability areas of abuse of EBT's etc – but this legislation blankets all arrangements and is indeed a sledgehammer to crack a nut approach.
Some of the new rules have come into effect already, despite being only in draft form, and the rest of the provisions come into effect on April 6.


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Kelly Dawson visits with a sexy cowboy that spanks!
I am so excited to have Kelly Dawson here today. This story is a standalone, but also part of a series called The Heart of the West. This is on my Kindle and calling for me to read. Especially after this yummy excerpt. 🙂
"I'm not a child!" she protested.
"No," Mr Jordan agreed, sliding down off his gelding. "I wouldn't do to a child what I'm about to do to you. What were you thinking? There's no doctor within 200 miles – you could have been killed!"
"But I wasn't," she pointed out. "We were fine."
She watched in morbid fascination as Mr Jordan took off his gun belt, draping it over the saddle of his horse. Then he rolled up his sleeves to the elbows to expose corded, muscular forearms. He was really going to do it! There were no wooden spoons out here – was he just going to use his hand? The thought intrigued her. She took in his sheer size, his incredible strength, his powerful muscles, his well-toned body. She took note of his huge, calloused hands. She gulped. Somehow, she didn't think Mr Jordan would need anything other than the palm of his hand to ignite a fire in her backside.
"I gave you an order," he told her sternly, but so quietly that she could barely hear him.
"I'm not much good at taking orders." She waved her hand dismissively. "It was just me and Neil for a long time. I'm not used to being obedient."
"Well you're about to learn."
In the years since the tragic death of her parents, Jedda-Lyn Cross has given everything she has to keep the family ranch running. She has grown accustomed to getting no help at all from her alcoholic brother, but when his violent, sadistic friend tries to make Jedda his wife against her will, it is the last straw.
Her attacker is the son of the richest family in town, and with the corrupt sheriff ready to do his bidding Jedda is desperate to leave town in a hurry. With no money and no horse, her best chance of making her escape comes in the form of a soon-to-be-departing cattle drive led by the famous trail boss Wes Jordan. But a young woman has little hope of gaining employment on a cattle drive, so drastic measures will be required…
Wes is none too pleased when he discovers that the new drover he hired is actually a beautiful twenty-two-year-old woman disguised as a boy, but after hearing Jedda's story he promises to protect her. As he quickly realizes, however, that will be easier said than done. Jedda is sassy, headstrong, and in serious need of a good, hard, bare-bottom spanking, and when her reckless disregard for her own safety finally pushes him too far, Wes takes her firmly in hand.
After a painful, humiliating punishment from the handsome trail boss, Jedda is left with her bottom burning and her mind set awhirl. In spite of everything, she aches for Wes to take her in his arms, and when at last he does the pleasure of his skillful, passionate lovemaking nearly takes her breath away. But with her obsessed former suitor and his hired guns still after her, can she bring herself to accept the fact that, for a man like Wes, risking his life to protect the woman he loves is just part of what it means to live by the code of the west.
Publisher's Note: The Code of the West is an erotic romance novel that contains sexual scenes and spankings, including domestic discipline in a historical setting. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
The Code of the West is a standalone sequel to The Ways of the West, (Note: You do not need to have read The Ways of the West to enjoy The Code of the West; they are both standalone books) Both books are now available in one paperback volume – called The Heart of the West
Author Bio: Kelly Dawson loves anything to do with horses, rodeos and cowboys, and loves to get lost in a good book – preferably a rural romance where a strong woman falls in love with a ruggedly-handsome, tough but gentle cowboy, and these are the types of characters who feature in the stories she writes. Only in Kelly's books, the cowboys are even better because they spank! She lives literally at the bottom of the world in the South Island of New Zealand, with her husband, four kids, a dog and a cat.
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2 thoughts on "Kelly Dawson visits with a sexy cowboy that spanks!"
rozharrison January 6, 2016 at 5:19 am
Hi Katherine and Kelly, I loved the Ways of the West and Mr Jordan, this is definitely on my list! Wonderful yummy excerpt 🙂
Kelly Dawson January 7, 2016 at 5:59 am
Thanks Roz!
And thanks so much for hosting me Katherine 🙂

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The National Youth Organisation (Greek: Εθνική Οργάνωσις Νεολαίας, Ethnikí Orgánosis Neoléas, EON) was a youth organization in Greece during the years of the Metaxas Regime (1936–1941), established by the regime with the stated goals of helping the youth in the productive spending of their free time and cultivating their national values and cooperative spirit. It disbanded with the start of the German occupation of Greece when some of its former members created the secret occupation resistance/liberation organizations "National Youth Commity" and—the strictly female—"SPITHA" under the leadership of Metaxa's daughter Lucia Metaxa. Membership was not mandatory, and—unlike most contemporary political youth organizations in Europe—EON was not affiliated with a political party, but there was widespread successful campaigning by the regime to include the largest part of the youth to EON, and later took over the scouts and other such organizations, although typically membership still remained strictly voluntary. Some of the activities that EON members were involved in included athletics events, parades and marches, military training, reforestations, recycling. The official -monthly- magazine of EON was The Youth (Greek: Η Νεολαία). The emblem of EON was a labrys surrounded by laurel wreaths and topped with a royal crown, while the flag of EON was similar to the flag of Greece—featuring a white cross on a blue fiend—with the emblem of EON charged in the center in gold and the royal crown moved to the upper hoist side quadrant. The motto of EON was "One Nation, One King, One Leader, One Youth".
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The Globe and Mail Reviews Hamilton Gallery's Canadian Indie Comics Exhibition
Hamilton gallery gives Canada's indie-comics artists their due
The Globe and Mail | KATE TAYLOR | July 19, 2019
There's a particularly fanciful example in This is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics, an ambitious survey now showing at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. In a page from 2015 entitled Comics and Commerce in Canada, artist Jesse Jacobs jokes that comics are this country's primary export and fastest growing economic sector, thanks to plentiful colour pigments sourced from the Assiniboine Volcano Range and the underwater cultivation of presoftened maple trees that can be readily sliced into paper. With a classic look of black-and-pale-green panels enlivened with spots of psychedelic colour, the comic's witty combination of science fiction, wishful thinking and business-speak satire is irresistible.
But seriously, why is Canada such fertile territory for indie comics?
This show begins with some history, explaining that in the 1950s through the 1970s Canadian readers (and future indie cartoonists) were introduced to comics by mainstream newspaper artists. Curators Alana Traficante and Joe Ollmann (himself a graphic novelist) take a regional approach here, using examples from the Hamilton Spectator such as Doug Wright's gently humorous long-running strip Doug Wright's Family (1949-80), and political cartoons right up to Graeme MacKay's current skewering of Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
The point, however, is much larger than the crowd-pleasing local references: The curators use the burgeoning Hamilton as an example of the intense urbanization that seems to inspire the humour and the angst of so many illustrators. In a sculptural assemblage of cardboard cut-outs, Sylvia Nickerson creates a Dream City in which the belching smokestacks and rising condo towers are topped with clouds evoking more rural and suburban spaces. There is both joyful energy in the piece and a sense of chaos and loss. On the other hand, Meredith Park shows no such ambivalence in her sketchbook page stuffed with quick yet detailed illustrations of passersby that reveal her as a sympathetic and highly observant urban portraitist.
From these promising beginnings, the curators spread out to offer a national survey that introduces the viewer to an almost overwhelming number of current artists. They begin by anchoring the project with "The Big Four" – Julie Doucet, Fiona Smyth, Chester Brown and Seth. They argue that the rise of this quartet in the late 1980s established the comic – or graphic novel – as a legitimate art form. Any one of them would be entitled to a full retrospective, or perhaps a telling juxtaposition with one of the others in a two-person show, but you only get a glimpse here of their styles.
Both Doucet in Montreal and Brown in Toronto developed an autobiographical character to explore delicate personal material, but what a difference between the intensely scribbled woman of Dirty Plotte raging against menstruation and the cool, uncluttered panels of Paying For It, Brown's controversial examination of his decision to abandon romantic relationships for encounters with sex-trade workers.
Those who know Smyth as the artist behind the colourful murals at Toronto bars Sneaky Dee's and Lee's Palace will recognize her riotous cartoons in a first-person account of her teenage move from a Montreal convent school to more liberated Toronto, but may be surprised by the less humorous tone of Pavor Nocturnus, the story of a woman tortured by night terrors.
Only Seth (shown conversing with Brown in Paying for It) seems to leave himself out of his deliberately retro comics – unless you know that the Guelph, Ont., artist also dresses as though it were the 1930s and has toyed with fictional versions of himself in It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken. Intriguingly, Seth is also represented by some ceramic models of furniture as though pushing his desire to observe the past into the third dimension. In a show in which the viewer has to read a lot anyway, Ollmann and Traficante have wisely kept their text panels to minimum. Still, it would be useful to know a lot more about the artistic backgrounds and careers of all four.
And to what did their so differently inventive styles give rise? The next corridor and room are a cacophony of recent work, offering such a large selection you begin to feel the curators love their comics too much to discriminate.
There's lots of standout art here, especially from the women working in what used to be a male-dominated field. At one delicate little station, you can discover the lyrical work of Geneviève Castrée, much closer to book illustration than anything else here, while listening to her similarly dark and gentle music: What a tragedy that her career was cut short by her death from cancer in 2016, only 35 years old.
Nearby, Marta Chudolinska provides an equally distinctive approach as she assembles paper cutouts to create the flat image of a figure in Eastern-European ethnic dress. Part doll, part corpse, the figure is surrounded by labels explaining the ambivalence of the immigrant child as the artist deftly juxtaposes a pretty style with a tough message. Similarly, Nina Bunjevac examines her family's Serbian ancestry in the brooding and hugely detailed illustrations for Fatherland. In a different neck of the woods, Kate Beaton is represented by her witty satire of famous novels, from The Great Gatsby to Jane Eyre.
Meanwhile, everything from Michel Rabagliati's poignant reminisces of the Quebec childhood of his fictional alter-ego Paul to Hartley Lin's Young Frances set in a Toronto law firm point to the vivacity of the graphic novel as a storytelling form. And, with a simple black line on a white ground, Sami Alwani's fantastical The Idiot returns us to the theme of comic-making itself with its satire of a mystery machine that produces plots for the artist. Oh, and another section devoted to animation tracks illustrators' moves into hand-drawn films.
A multiplicity of themes emerge, suggesting focused exhibitions could be mounted about comics and satire, or autobiography, or urban life, while a more detailed look at a smaller number of newcomers might better establish the power of the current movement. It's probably evidence of how seldom public art galleries give graphic artists and illustrators their due that This is Serious has tried to do too much, as though this were the only reverential exhibition many of these artists would ever receive. Of course, if you want to know more about the individual creators, some of their books are available in the gift shop while many others can be found online. Perhaps the portable and potentially disposable comic will always triumph over the gallery-bound enshrinement of the illustrator's art.
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Eversight Expands Offer Innovation Suite for CPGs
Eversight has extended its "Offer Innovation Suite" to enable consumer packaged goods companies such as Coca-Cola, MolsonCoors, Mars, Henkel, and Johnson & Johnson to sense market conditions, develop optimized sets of promotions, and track performance and compliance.
"CPGs have been handcuffed by promotion tools, which draw on historical data to try to tease out what works. They are essentially banking on learnings from the past rather than what is happening right now," said Jamie Rapperport, co-founder and chief executive officer of Eversight. "We can help CPGs move into the future by coupling sophisticated AI with experimentation and real-time performance tracking to understand precisely what works and what doesn't, down to the mechanics of each promotion. It's an entirely new level of insight that will make promotions far more effective."
With its new capabilities, the Eversight suite addresses gaps in the CPG market, which is estimated to reach $760 billion in the U.S. by 2020. The enhanced tools elevate the promotion experience for shoppers, CPGs, and retail partners. New features include:
Market sensing analyzes promotion performance and identifies which offers should be optimized, enabled by third-party data integration and AI.
A smart offer bank develops outperforming promotions optimized for customer segments, specific retailers or markets.
Performance tracking evaluates promotional execution and compliance with guidelines.
These capabilities build upon the suite's existing ability to run experiments with real shoppers through the company's testing network of retailer load-to-card systems, mobile apps, online coupons and social platforms. Its AI functionality identifies the highest-performing offers so they can be activated at scale.
Eversight has conducted more than 15,000 campaigns with the aforementioned CPGs. Results yielded an average 93% success rate in-store, a 10-25% improvement in sales volume at the same investment, and 2-5% better margins at the same volume.
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Interactivity Board Game Cafe | Victoria | 700-block Yates St.
One of the empty spaces in The Churchill building in the 700 block of Yates is being prepped for a "game board cafe and sandwich shop." Not sure what that entails, exactly.
a "game board cafe and sandwich shop." Not sure what that entails, exactly.
Welcome to Interactivity Board Game Cafe. We have a library of over 500 games for you to play. We'll help you teach games you don't know and feed you some awesome food and drink at the same time.
I'm surprised they don't want to locate closer to the nerd district at Johnson and Broad. Holden, where's that photo?
In simple terms it is a place where you can have a bite to eat, drink and hopefully a beer (we are in the process of getting a liquor licence) and play some games. We will have a library of over 500 games in store for you to play. These will range from all the classics such as Pictionary, Clue, Scrabble etc... to more modern European games like Sellers of Catan, Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne.
We will have a staff of 'Game Experts' on hand to help you select the type of game you want as well as teach you the rules and guide you through the first couple of rounds.
There will also be a retail area to purchase any of the games you enjoyed.
If you haven't tried some of the recent game designs, its well worth giving them a go. A lot of people have re-entered the world of board games through games such as Settlers (the biggest selling game over the last 5 years) and have realized how much it has to offer.
A similar location which has been extremely successful in Toronto is 'Snakes and Lattes'. Other game cafes have also opened up in Montreal, Hamilton and Ottowa. This will be the first one on the west coast.
I would have thought so too, but I spoke to one of the managers of Snakes and Lattes in Toronto (a game Cafe) and he said their clientele was 60% female.
Nice, thanks for the info, billsaints!
Oh and Wil Wheaton is still on Sheldon's $hit list.
I think the old Broad St. Kitchen (near Johnson) would have been a much better location for a games cafe. Hopefully the 700 block of Yates will be given a boost when Era completes around 2018.
Lease has a clause that allows demolition of the building after 2 years.
Billsaints, the lease for the Broad St Kitchen (same building as Boutique nightclub) has a clause that says the building may be demo'd after two years?
Interesting. I know Heritage Properties uses their own leasing agent - did she mention that they're actually considering demolishing or upgrading that building? I ask because I know that demolition clauses are often included with older buildings even when there aren't any current plans to do anything.
The interior public areas were recently upgraded as well.
Worth noting that a board game/tapas/lounge style restaurant just opened in Ganges, called "The Gathering", so I guess you have the title of "second" to open on the west coast.
Hmm. An untapped market segment is finally getting some attention across the country. It's not often we see this sort of thing, so we're watching retail history in the making.
Apparently they've been denied any kind of liquor license, even though they'll be serving food. I've been told this was unexpected and could easily make the business non-viable. Totally ridiculous - what trouble can be caused by adults having drinks at a games cafe? Is someone going to flip a chess board? Victoria's War On Fun seems to be making great headway.
One thing that you can't do at food-primary is have tournaments, even if their is no monetary prize. So if you have a three-hour long single-elimination style scrabble tournament, it's not allowed, as it might promote too much liquor consumption, plus movement between tables.
STUPID, but that's in the rules somewhere.
I don't think tournaments was much, if any part of what they wanted to do. It's just supposed to be a place friends can play any of the hundreds of modern board games available, while enjoying food and drinks. Something like Snakes and Lattes in Toronto, which is hugely popular - but then they have a full drinks menu which makes being profitable a whole lot easier. I guess Victoria just isn't good enough to have fun places to go downtown. We need to be perfectly safe and boring.


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Septhera (plural), otherwise known as snake men, reptile-kin or lizardfolk, are a long extinct race that ruled over Aenya approximately twenty thousand years ago, or 10,000—9000 BGM (Before the Greater Moon). They are infamous for having enslaved the early race of man or protohuman. Traces of their civilization have been mostly lost beneath the sands of the Dead Zones. However, Shess, a prominent city now in ruins, can be found far to the west of the Great White Flat. Descendants of the Septhera are rumored to exist. Remarkably adaptable, these "snake spawn" alter their skin, much like a chameleon, to take on a more human appearance. Despised by the native races of Aenya, these progeny of the Septhera live in hiding as nomadic merchant traders, though some are hired as assassins due to their stealth and face changing ability.
Aeons ago, before history was recorded, when humans and halfmen shared many characteristics, there existed a civilization beyond this world, that shone among the stars like a pale dot against the sun. This world was wet, warm and tropical. Massive reptilian creatures, called saurians, dominated its landscape, and of these, two became self-aware. The first were the Xexaz, but so little is known of them that they are referred by Eldin as the Forgotten. Xexaz were large, slow moving, and deeply curious about the nature of existence. But as they focused their acumen on their ever expanding understanding of the universe, their bodies deteriorated, and the lesser race, which valued strength, came to wage war against the elder. Stealing technologies they could not replicate or comprehend, the Septhera soon dominated the planet, and in doing so, doomed themselves to extinction. What they did not know was that their sun was expanding, and had been expanding for untold aeons. Only the Xexaz knew to keep the sun from scorching their world, but as the Septhera had slaughtered them to the last, intent on driving the elder race to extinction, their only recourse was escape. In a massive ship, called the Ark, the Septhera gathered those of royal blood and their servants, along with the giant saurians they most valued for meat and labor, and set to the stars in search of a new home.
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES: The Septhera vary in appearance greatly, but all have scales, elongated and flexible necks that can turn in a complete circle and move independently from the torso, and tails between half and double the length of the body. Females stand between 5′ and 6′, while males can grow up to 8′ with neck extended. In hue, Septhera can be utterly black, green, red, purple or multicolored. Fangs can grow from 3″ to 9″. Stripes, ovals and diamond patterns along the arms, legs and tail are common among females, the more colorful, the more attractive to a male. Though smaller, females are just as agile and deadly. Septheran royals can be identified by their hoods, a membrane that expands from the head and neck, and are the only of their kin to produce natural venom. Death by venom, which is known as the "purple death," is quick and painful. Bony ridges and hard scaly protrusions define the lesser castes. While clothing is unknown to the species, Septhera adorn themselves in elaborate ornaments of gold, whether bangles, necklaces, or tattoo like plating implanted directly onto their scales. Their weapons are finely wrought and deadly works of steel, curved like their teeth, which include daggers, scythes, sickles, khopeshes, and the moon blade, named for the waning crescent of the moon. Physically, Septhera are stronger and faster than humans; they are also ambidextrous and can jump from a standing position up to 15′. Despite these advantages, their lack of imagination and inability to organize served their downfall.
CULTURE: Females abandon their eggs in sand. A Septheran comes into the world alone and fights for survival from birth. For this reason, they are physiologically incapable of compassion or mercy, or of even understanding the suffering of others. Mating between Septhera is a brief and often violent affair, and it is not uncommon for males to be killed in the process. Their only respect is for power and so their society revolves around a power hierarchy. The lowest caste are workers and slavers, followed by warriors, with royals at the top. Status is attained by killing someone of equal or higher status, which is why those of the royal caste must continually prove themselves worthy in battle. This is why, it is thought, when a lowly human (Batal) managed to slay a royal and prince in battle, the social hierarchy was thrown into chaos.


EPISODE 008 FEATURES DANIEL YU, FOUNDER OF SOKOWATCH.
If you travelled anywhere throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, you will have noticed the tiny Mom and Pop shops that dot the continent's large cities.
Even though these informal shops represent well over 80% of African retail, the large wholesalers and distributors for major consumer goods companies aren't interested in this fragmented and unorganized sector of retail.
And, this is where Sokowatch steps in.
Using a simple SMS app, duka shop owners – that's what these informal shops are called in Kenya – can send a text ordering their maize flour, soap, cooking oil and other basic goods to Sokowatch which will deliver all goods for free.
It's a powerful B2B inventory management and ordering system that is seeing exploding growth.
Daniel has a fascinating story. He's a college drop out polyglot and self taught computer programmer who got the idea for the first iteration of his business while learning Arabic in rural Egypt.
The backstory of the pivot from healthcare to consumer goods is even more fascinating. Daniel honestly recounts how difficult it was to realize that not only was his first business model not workable in the long-term but that he didn't know what he'd pivot to.
That was very tough to explain to his investors who had given him $600,000 for his first idea, which he knew, ultimately, was not going to work.
I had a great time chatting with Daniel. We talked about why he dropped out of university, the challenges of pivoting from the health care to consumer goods sector, how he's able to predict his deliveries with 95% accuracy using data, and why a bad decision is better than none at all.
Without further ado, here's my conversation with Daniel Yu.


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SZA's 'Kill Bill' video is a fitting tribute to Tarantino's martial arts revenge classic
The singer-songwriter steps into the role of Uma Thurman's vengeful sword-swinging heroine
By Toussaint Egan Jan 11, 2023, 12:05pm EST
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Singer-songwriter Solána Imani Rowe, known by her stage name SZA, released the music video for her new single "Kill Bill" on Wednesday. Directed by Christian Breslauer, previously known for his music videos for artists such as Doja Cat and The Weeknd, the video explicates references Quentin Tarantino's eponymous 2003 martial arts revenge thriller of the same name, which starred Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo, a former assassin who embarks on a mission to exact revenge on her ex-lover and mentor Bill, played by David Carradine of Kung Fu-fame.
The video follows SZA as she recreates an abbreviated version of events of Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2, with the singer training in a dojo to eventually kill her ex-lover following his unsuccessful attempt to have her murdered by a team of assassins. Breslauer's video is packed with visual nods and references to Tarantino's film, including an animated sequence patterned after anime director Kazuto Nakazawa and studio Production I.G.'s work on Kill Bill Vol. 1 and a cameo by none other than Vivica A. Fox, who portrayed the character of Vernita Green in the aforementioned film.
"I love Vivica A. Fox's character. I love Lucy Liu's character. I even love Bill because he's super complex," SZA told Entertainment Weekly in an interview last December before citing the film as a direct inspiration behind the video. "I feel like he doesn't understand why he did what he did. He's void of emotion, but he loved The Bride so much that he couldn't stand her to be with anyone else. That was really complex and cool to me. It's a love story."
All in all, it's an impressive video and a loving tribute to one of Tarantino's most iconic films. However, be warned: The last minute of the video, which features SZA dangling nude from a Shibari rope harness in a vacant dojo, is the very definition of "not safe for work."


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I'm trying to stay warm in the great Midwest. I'm wearing layers. LOTS of layers. I'm such a weenie when it comes to the cold. I slept in my scarf & sweatshirt last night. And I've been wearing gloves around the house. It's VERY hard to do lots of things around the house with gloves on, I've found out. Like, for instance, spreading peanut butter on toast.
Other than finding creative ways to keep out the cold, on the agenda this week is: to attack my art studio with a fierce vengeance. Since having kids I've gotten more & more lax with the putting-away-of-things. At least that's the area on my timeline that I can pinpoint when my more methodical ways started to disintegrate. I blame it on the children. The fruit of my loins made me do this.
I really think it's beyond finding ways that work for me to stay on task. I've tried almost all of them.
What's a messy crafty girl to do? Will my whole life be filled with this horrible clean vs. messy battle? Orderly & arranged VS. untidy & cluttered? That's just a big fat waste of time & energy. And, yes, I realize I bring this topic up a whole, WHOLE lot. It consumes me.
I really think it's time to purge.
The pack-rat in me is about to faint.
Excuse me while I pass o-u-t.
"if you do not absolutely love it or find it necessary/useful-get rid of it."
i thrive on purging, and throwing things out and order, i'm a neat freak so i'm sending those air thoughts your way, granted i think the job of laid back-pig penners goes to the fun ones!
What junk? It all becomes something, and is so fun to rediscover the stuff that's been tucked away. Good luck with that purging!
I keep it all !!! In my MOPS group they joke don't through it out Heather will find a use for, and it's a used cupcake liner ... But I do need to purge myself, it is getting bad and my honey is complaining so u will have my spring clean, so my clothes can have the walk in closet back. (I wanted to turn the back half into my crafty area but it was went wild in there. Anyhow I digress u stopped by because I seen a tip in a magazine and thought if u. It was to keep the silica gel packets that are used in shoe boxes, pill bottles, clothes, & other items to slip them in with your fabric & ribbon stash to minimize the humidity. U may have do this already but I thought it was nifty thus had to share..


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The Vatican has for weeks failed to accept the appointment of an openly gay diplomat as France's new ambassador, leading to speculation that the Holy See is effectively rejecting him because of his sexual orientation.
Yes, I'm sure Pope Francis is on our side. Hahaha.


Do you time travel back in your mind and pick out your favorite, best-ever times? I do that with everything. I have a Best Ever Hall of Fame — best ever birthday, best ever Christmas, best ever vacation, etc., which brings me to my best ever Thanksgiving!
I've thought about my best ever Thanksgiving and what made it so memorable and am going to pass along the how-to have the best ever family celebration.
Invite family into your home like honored guests. I love that my family practices hospitality.
Add a surprise element to your celebration. Maybe a new centerpiece, a great menu item, name cards, a game or activity, special invited guests — something unexpected.
And if you are a Thanksgiving dinner guest, don't come with empty hands or an empty spirit. Add to the festivities or to the menu — pitch in and enjoy.
My best ever Thanksgiving came as a surprise years back when we celebrated at my daughter Wendy's for dinner with our family tree and her husband's parents, which makes a group of 18-25 children and adults. Continue reading Best Ever Thanksgiving!