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Let's all get through this alive, please, and with plenty of chocolate in our backpacks. Oh, speaking of emergency backpacks — which have nothing to do with the Great Tribulation — a letter was read at the meeting reminding us to always be prepared for natural disasters, to have an emergency backpack ready, or to review the one we already have, and to plan a family escape route. Encouragement to consider the magazine article as a family. When Disaster Strikes—Steps That Can Save Lives https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/awake-no5-2017-october/disaster-steps-that-can-save-lives/

The song I am looking for is today's song 93, which was done in the 80s in a Latin flair and sped up a bit. I remember it was on a cassette, and it was done in Germany. So beautiful, I still remember it these decades later.

JWB-Dec-2025-158th Gilead Graduation transcript

I have just 2 words for snow: "Go Away!" 🤣😂🤣

All I can say is "Come quickly Jesus"... No righteous person like to be here in this system.

That is it! We all going to die! Embalm my body with chocolate and cover my body with Judge Rutherford’s Rainbow books. A few The Finished Mystery books will be OK with the Rainbow books. I hope I’m not asking much?

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I love to read too!..My daughter and I like to go thrift shopping.

Most people assume Inuit cultures have the most words for snow, but Scotland quietly holds the crown with more than 421 distinct snow terms recorded in the Scots Thesaurus. These words don’t just describe snowfall — they capture the personality of it. There’s snaw-pouther for fine, powdery snow that drifts in the wind, feefle for swirling flakes, flindrikin for a light, teasing shower, and snaw-breek for a sudden burst that stops just as fast. The sheer variety shows how deeply snow shaped Scottish life, language, and humor. Instead of treating snow as one single thing, Scots treated it like a whole vocabulary of moods — each with a name sharp enough to make you feel the weather as you say it.

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Kremlin says no compromise reached during US-Russia talks on Ukraine https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/trump-ukraine-russia-venezuela-12-02-2025

David, I feel as if I have just strolled thru Eden itself! The poetry you chose along with those incredible pictures....oh My! So looking forward to living in the Beauty of Jehovah's Perfect world.

Dark Wings, Bright Minds — a Glimpse of Wonder entry™ — They watch us more than we think. Crows belong to a larger family of birds called corvids—a group that includes ravens, rooks, jackdaws, magpies, and jays. Different shapes, different voices, different landscapes, different roles in their habitats…yet all sharing a surprising level of intelligence. Ravens solve puzzles that stump primates. Magpies recognize themselves in mirrors. Jays plan ahead and hide food based on who might be watching. Crows work through problems that change from day to day. Across the world, many cultures sensed there was something unusual about them, often viewing them as messengers or watchers because of the way they study everything around them. Researchers once put on a simple rubber mask and captured a few wild crows for tagging. Minutes later, every crow in the area was calling out a furious alarm—an unmistakable warning cry. Then something astonishing happened. Days passed. Months passed. Years passed. New crows appeared. But whenever someone returned wearing that same mask, the birds lifted their voices again. Even young crows that hadn’t been alive during the first capture reacted as if they personally remembered the danger. How? It wasn’t guessing. It wasn’t instinct alone. It was something learned. It was teaching. Older crows gathered their young and showed them the “danger face.” They tracked that person with sharp eyes, calling out the same alarm their parents once gave. The young learned not only the image but the meaning—this face brings trouble; stay away; warn the others. Studies show this shared memory can spread outward, moving through flocks that never witnessed the event. A single moment can become a community lesson, carried forward like a story retold until every bird knows it. And this is not unique to crows. Ravens do it. Jays do it. Magpies and rooks do it as well. Across the corvid family, information moves through generations with a clarity that resembles instruction. Their world isn’t only survival; it is awareness passed down. Parents training their young. Flocks learning from one another. A network of memory moving through the air like an invisible map. There is something profoundly beautiful about that. Crows don’t simply react; they remember. They don’t just warn; they guide. They don’t merely survive; they shape a culture of vigilance that protects birds they may never meet. Their lives become moving examples of how knowledge, once gained, can safeguard others far beyond the original moment. When we see intelligence woven so deeply into a creature’s world, it points upward. It reveals a Designer who wanted even these dark-feathered teachers to thrive. It shows a God who shaped a whole family of birds with memory strong enough to defend their communities. It highlights a God who plants wisdom in unexpected places, inviting us to notice his care. Scripture captures the truth behind that beauty: “Let them praise the name of Jehovah, For he commanded, and they were created.” Every crow, every raven, every magpie, every jay gliding against the sky quietly confirms those words. Their intelligence is intentional. Their design is generous. Their very existence is a form of testimony. And when we see how carefully Jehovah crafted even their minds, it deepens our praise for the One who formed ours with far greater purpose. Tags: crows, corvids, ravens, jays, animal intelligence, creation, Jehovah’s wisdom, awe

A surprising fact: the U.S. Department of Energy is actually the agency responsible for America’s nuclear weapons. Not the Defense Department. The reason goes back to the Manhattan Project. When the war ended, Congress decided that nuclear weapons were too dangerous to be handled solely by the military, so they placed all design, research, and stewardship under what became the Department of Energy. That’s why DOE still runs the national labs, oversees the stockpile, and even maintains public pages explaining how nuclear bombs work, how they’re secured, and how they’re dismantled.

Notice how clothing works. You don’t drift into wearing something; you put it on with intent. Paul uses that image for a reason. Patience isn’t an emotion we wait to feel — it’s a garment we choose to wear before the pressures of the day start tugging at us. When we look at the four facets described — restraining anger, waiting without agitation, avoiding rash decisions, and enduring trials without complaint — we see a pattern. These are not passive states. They are deliberate acts of self-governance. They take time, clarity, and a settled heart anchored in Jehovah’s way of thinking. Now reframe the scene: every one of those facets is something Jehovah himself displays. Exodus 34:6 anchors the first; Matthew 18:26, 27 shows the second; Colossians 1:11 reinforces the fourth. We are not inventing patience — we are reflecting the One who has shown it toward us again and again, often at moments when we did not deserve it. Here is the distilled insight: patience is not weakness. It is controlled strength. It is choosing calm when agitation feels easier. It is buying time for wisdom to speak before emotion takes the microphone. It is trusting that Jehovah sees more than we do and will act at the right moment, even when the moment feels late to us. What does Jehovah see me wearing?

Enough laughter every day is optimal for health.

"More or less" is used to express a general idea rather than precise details and could be said to mean approximately, roughly, or almost, indicating that something is not exact but is close enough.

I read and collect books. One of my favorite activities is to take an Uber to a local library, browse the stacks, and have lunch at a restaurant. I only do this every few months, so I really treasure the opportunity to get out.

Wednesday, December 3 Clothe yourselves with . . . patience.—Col. 3:12. Consider four ways we can demonstrate patience. First, a patient person is slow to anger. He tries to stay calm and to hold back from retaliating when provoked or under stress. (Ex. 34:6) Second, a patient person can wait calmly. If something takes longer than expected, such a person tries to avoid becoming restless or irritable. (Matt. 18:26, 27) Third, a patient person is not rash. When a patient person has an important task to accomplish, he does not rush into it; nor does he rush through it. Rather, he sets aside a reasonable amount of time to plan what he will do. Then he gives the task the time that it requires. Fourth, a patient person strives to bear trials without complaining. He does his best to continue enduring while maintaining a positive attitude. (Col. 1:11) As Christians, we need to show all these facets of patience. w23.0820-21 ¶3-6

Brother Peter Price, a possible new member of the Governing Body? What do you think?

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"Ragebait" just announced as outstanding word of year by OED.