Happy Thanksgiving

to all my American family and friends.

November 27 - 1835: James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.

Happy Thanksgiving 2014

And to celebrate the harvest festival what could be more lovely than the New Apostolic Church of Capetown Choir and Orchestra singing an old gospel favourite.  I had forgotten that the first lines of that hymn remind us that we should be "sowing seeds of kindness" and through that act we will be "rejoicing bringing in the sheaves".  Not a bad thing to remember as we gives thanks for the good lives most of us enjoy.

October 12 - 1823: Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.

Happy American Thanksgiving

To my American Family and Friends

Happy Thanksgiving

22 November - 1837:  William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.