We've got cold temperatures and cold winds coming our way. Right now it's 45 degrees on our back porch. Dropping temperatures tonight and it will be in the teens by tomorrow morning. Not much improvement throughout the day on Sunday. A big pot of chili on the menu. #MiddleTennessee

"Go away. I got here first" said the first to arrive visiting cat to the second to arrive visiting cat🐈🐈‍⬛ A couple neighborhood cats that come by to visit us. We love our visiting animals. #Caturday #MiddleTennessee

The sunset was so pretty here yesterday. No editing to the colors in my photo except for a little cropping and removal of the utility lines. #MiddleTennessee #Sunsets

"Far From Home" by Danielle Steel FAR FROM HOME is a story of war, survival, and unwavering courage, honoring those who bravely resisted tyranny in history's darkest moments. Inspired by a real-life event during WWII. #BookReviews

SNAP benefits cannot be used to purchase items that list sugar, corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup or similar caloric alternatives as the first ingredient and beverages in which carbonated water and sugar, high-fructose corn syrup or similar caloric alternatives are the first two ingredients.

A frosty morning here in #MiddleTennessee. It was 22 degrees on our back porch. No sunshine yet but I have hope that it will break through sometime today. #FrostyMorn

Winter view up the driveway in Minnesota ❄️❄️ #Photography #Photographer #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #Snow #Nature #Minnesota

"The day that will live in infamy" has mostly died of neglect.

ACA marketplace subsidies, which allowed millions of people to afford private health insurance, are set to expire by the end of this year. For contractors and freelancers in particular, the expiration of these enhanced subsidies could decide whether or not they can afford health insurance.

Jesus and I would like to remind you that literally no one has ever stopped anyone from saying 'Merry Christmas.’

Yes! I have book here, there, and everywhere in our house. #BookLover

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Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies #NationalCookieDay #MadeFromScratch

We're getting a rain/snow mixture on and off this afternoon. The temperature didn't get above 30 degrees on our back porch. #MiddleTennessee #WinterWeather

NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas

My local public library makes a book Christmas tree every year.

👉"The end result is that nearly half of U.S. adults expect they won't be able to afford necessary health care next year, according to a Gallup poll published last month."🤒😟😨

Vegetable Soup with cornbread for supper

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I could hardly believe my eyes...... This is one hardy honeysuckle vine bloom. It deserves some kind of award..."Last Bloom of the Year" seems appropriate. #MiddleTennessee #LastBloomoftheYear #HoneysuckleVine

At 2:25 PM it's 25 degrees on our back porch. I'd ventured outside to refill the bird feeders and my hands were almost numb by the time I got back inside. #MiddleTennessee #ColdWeather

An Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis, Gaza also killed photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi.

Winter season garden flags put out today....and it was a rather wintery day for the occasion. #MiddleTennessee #GardenFlags #Cardinals

Walz on Trump calling him the r-word: "We all know both as an educator & parent that using that term is just so damaging. It's hurtful. We have fought 3 decades to get this out of our schools. Kids know better. But this is what Donald Trump has done. He's normalized this type of hateful behavior."

"Christmas Stamps" is our first puzzle completed for the Christmas season. An encore we pulled off the shelf. Last worked 2021. #puzzles #ChristmasSeason #MiddleTennessee

Don't Quit by Edgar A. Guest

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From Clay Bennett)

Wish all my #Bluesky friends a Happy Thanksgiving Day.

Together we lift hearts

Two shots of this #YellowBelliedSapsucker. Look how the coloring blends right in with the half dead dogwood tree. Made from kitchen window. #Birds #MiddleTennessee #NaturePhotography

To the young leaders of Fisk University and the volunteers I met with the Tennessee Democratic Party: Thank you for using your voice to fight for our nation. Always remember, the power is with the people.

I hate Windows 11!! I'd still be on 10 if my laptop hadn't died and the new ones only came with 11....then I upgraded on desktop. That was just double the troubles. Functions are harder to find, harder to get to work properly. Overly complicated for no good reason as far as I can tell.

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge has dismissed the DOJ’s cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to charge them had been unlawfully serving since September.

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Not one person should have to lose health care so one billionaire can have a tax cut.

“A coalition of the pissed off” 🔥 The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

When your policies create homelessness, don’t act like they’re the problem.

youtu.be/57dzaMaouXA Remember when folks made a complete using #HashTags? I didn't do that! To this day, I don't completely understand them.

We'll be watching more episodes of the 11/22/63 series tonight. Not being able to find it available to stream, we bought the DVD. We like it that much. Don't think we'll ever get tired of the story line, music and cars.🌟

Clear, quick instructions. If you use Google for Gmail or Workspace... or really, anything... you need to do this so that AI doesn't read your email and attachments. We shouldn't have to opt out of something this invasive 🤷 *Periodic reminder: this shop keeps ZERO information about you on file.

Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive. www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...

It was a Friday. I'd graduated from high school that spring and went to work a few months later. I'd got sick at work that day and had to go home. When my mother got home and told me about President Kennedy having died, I was devastated just like the majority of all the people.