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all over the US, people were up at the butt crack of dawn (or before),

chopping, basting, putting the turkey in the oven, making pies and hot rolls and casseroles and all their traditional family Thanksgiving dishes. or going into work early so they could leave early. or rousting up sleepy babies and hitting the road for a family gathering. me? slept in like the lazy ass I am. I now have a job that. closes. on. holidays. so. employees. can. spend. time. with. their. families. so, it's practically 10 a.m. I am gonna make some toast, perhaps head to the basement to work on The Grady Twins. it's coming together in my mind.

last nights crazy dream? I was on a trip of somekind, a big batch of people. we were herded into a hotel. I kept taking off my bra, then we were herded somewhere else and I was keeping my arms crossed. (not as perky as they used to be, folks. sad truth.) we went to a live action something. Kevin was also there, with a guy we know. I wanted to take pictures of this fabulous old haunted looking building, but I'd left my phone back in the room with my bra. then I got separated from the group and ended up in an area that reminded me of Five Points In Trenton. glorious old odd shaped brick buildings with the store names spelled out in brick on store fronts....there was an Amish store, with Amish mannequins in the window wearing Amish clothing. a Revolutionary War Drum Store. a sandy 'beach' public area. then a local girl picked me up in her pickup, drove me a few blocks, let me out, and I still didn't know where I was. then I woke up.

witch ball.....can I do this?

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had a nightmare the other night...

it was the end of the world. I was trying to find KJ & Zerelda. finally saw her in a falling down building, sitting on the edge of a hole in the floor, looking down. I go to her, and look into the hole. it is KJ. he is a skeleton covered with skin and gasping for air. Zerelda looks at me and says, "My daddy." she does love her daddy. then I woke up.

The Grady Twins

The Grady Twins are two little girls who were murdered by their father Delbert Grady, when he was possessed by ghosts in the Overlook Hotel in The Shining.

Book In the book, The Grady Twins are not twins but are eight and ten and described by Bill Watson as “cute as buttons”. They did not make an appearance but are mentioned and referenced several times and almost certainly haunt the Overlook Hotel, most likely now evil. The Shining (1980) The Twins make a larger and more prominent appearance in the 1980 adaptation. Whilst they are commonly referred to as "The Grady Twins", the Grady daughters were 8 and 10, as referred to by Stuart Ullman. The "Twins" therefore are not the Grady daughters, but other victims of another attrocity. They are seen for the first time when Danny Torrance passes out when he has a vision. They are seen a second time on Closing Day while Danny is in The Games Room while his parents tour the hotel with Ullman and Watson. They stare at Danny before walking out of the room, hand in hand. They are seen again in a brief vision when Danny attempts to enter Room 237. Eventually, Danny encounters them in a hallway on his tricycle. They say hello and ask Danny to come and play with them, to which Danny has visions of their corpses in the same hallway, their blood splattered everywhere on the walls and floor and an axe lying on the ground. Danny covers his eyes and when uncovering them, they are gone. They do not appear again. The Shining (1997) The Grady Twins do not appear in the miniseries but are mentioned and referenced several times. Creepshow 2019 The Grady Twins' photo is shown headlining an issue of the Paragon Tribune newspaper dated September 21, 1975 as seen on the first episode of the Creepshow TV series which is based on another King story. According to the accompanying article on the headline, the twins were last seen thursday afternoon riding their bicycle as they left their home located in Bowers County. Their father Delbert is even quoted as saying that it wasn't like them to run off. The article also mentions several times that a search is currently underway. Later in the episode a radio announcer states that due to weather conditions, the search for the twins had been suspended. Trivia There is an age continuity error with The Grady Twins. Stuart Ullman mentions they are eight and ten despite being twins. The Grady Twins have become the most well known characters from The Shining, with their hallway scene being referenced and parodied several times by several TV shows and movies. Their line “Come and play with us” has also become one of the most well known horror quotes. As a result, they are two of the most iconic pop culture characters. (they are my next cryptid project.....)

‘One heart and one voice’: Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever-watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty-eighth. By the President: Abraham Lincoln

Though Lincoln was a poet and could certainly write a moving speech — he would deliver the Gettysburg Address six weeks later — the text of the proclamation was drafted by then-Secretary of State William Seward. Between 600,000 to 850,000 Americans died in the Civil War — most of them of disease. This year, we live in divided times again, and more than 250,000 have died of covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, in the United States. The words of the proclamation to “fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation” resonate anew.