{"id":121,"date":"2008-11-26T22:30:24","date_gmt":"2008-11-27T02:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=121"},"modified":"2008-11-26T22:30:24","modified_gmt":"2008-11-27T02:30:24","slug":"happy-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/happy-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY THANKSGIVING"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the eve of Thanksgiving, let\u2019s give the political side a much-needed break. If I may, I\u2019d like to focus instead on one \u201cgun guy\u2019s\u201d approach to this particular holiday.<\/p>\n

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Significant Other and I will be spending the holiday at the home of some fellow \u201cgun folks.\u201d In such environments, you pay as much attention to your carry gun as the rest of your wardrobe. On the Day, I\u2019ll be wearing a classic Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum that\u2019s almost as old as I am, a reminder to be thankful for living as long as I have.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a revolver I\u2019ve written about in this blog, the \u201cgrail gun\u201d that I had wanted since I imprinted on it as a little boy looking through his daddy\u2019s firearms catalog at mid-Twentieth Century. That reminds me to be grateful to parents who set me on a useful life path. <\/span>This revolver was a birthday gift this past summer, a gift of love that is tangibly manifested in blue steel: more cause for gratitude on the Day of Thanks.<\/p>\n

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It wears a pair of handsome hardwood stocks that I won in a shoot-off at Smith & Wesson Academy many years ago. That prods my memory to give thanks for the limited skills I have in this life. <\/span>I\u2019ll wear it in a handsome Galco rig (matching belt, holster, and cartridge pouch) that was a gift from one of my graduates. That in turn will remind me to be thankful for having been able to do some good for some folks over the years.<\/p>\n

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And now, of course, I\u2019m writing this blog entry, to remind me to be thankful for being able to make a living doing something I love.<\/p>\n

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All at this end wish a wonderful and thoughtful Thanksgiving to you all.<\/p>\n

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On the eve of Thanksgiving, let\u2019s give the political side a much-needed break. If I may, I\u2019d like to focus instead on one \u201cgun guy\u2019s\u201d approach to this particular holiday. Significant Other and I will be spending the holiday at the home of some fellow \u201cgun folks.\u201d In such environments, you pay as much attention […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}