Melanie Jackson
@mjjaxn.bsky.social
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... and look at cats. Author of Chloe Boston, Butterscotch Jones and Miss Henry mysteries, artist and animal lover. Not a fan of DM. No Crypto.
Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the House
Not a creature was stirring...
And all through the House
Not a creature was stirring...
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the House
Not a creature was stirring...
And all through the House
Not a creature was stirring...
"The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful." ~ David Steindl-Rast
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful." ~ David Steindl-Rast
"In everything give thanks" ~ Paul the Apostle
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"In everything give thanks" ~ Paul the Apostle
"Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it." ~ Seneca the Younger
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it." ~ Seneca the Younger
A bear came todinner
He atebeforethebell
He didn'tuse hisnapkin
I am heretotell.
He didn't cuthis steak
Neatlywithaknife
&lickedhis mashedpotatoes
-itwasnotquiet.
Hedidn't waitforprayers
Hedidn't passthebread
Hismannersmore atrocious
ThananyIhaveseen
Heavens I'm sograteful
Hedidn't eatme.-PMasterman
He atebeforethebell
He didn'tuse hisnapkin
I am heretotell.
He didn't cuthis steak
Neatlywithaknife
&lickedhis mashedpotatoes
-itwasnotquiet.
Hedidn't waitforprayers
Hedidn't passthebread
Hismannersmore atrocious
ThananyIhaveseen
Heavens I'm sograteful
Hedidn't eatme.-PMasterman
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A bear came todinner
He atebeforethebell
He didn'tuse hisnapkin
I am heretotell.
He didn't cuthis steak
Neatlywithaknife
&lickedhis mashedpotatoes
-itwasnotquiet.
Hedidn't waitforprayers
Hedidn't passthebread
Hismannersmore atrocious
ThananyIhaveseen
Heavens I'm sograteful
Hedidn't eatme.-PMasterman
He atebeforethebell
He didn'tuse hisnapkin
I am heretotell.
He didn't cuthis steak
Neatlywithaknife
&lickedhis mashedpotatoes
-itwasnotquiet.
Hedidn't waitforprayers
Hedidn't passthebread
Hismannersmore atrocious
ThananyIhaveseen
Heavens I'm sograteful
Hedidn't eatme.-PMasterman
"When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee." ~ Helen Hayes
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee." ~ Helen Hayes
"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best." ~ Oscar Wilde
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best." ~ Oscar Wilde
“The moral of this story is not everything that's slick is non-stick, and not everything non-stick is slick.”
― Alton Brown
― Alton Brown
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“The moral of this story is not everything that's slick is non-stick, and not everything non-stick is slick.”
― Alton Brown
― Alton Brown
"Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance." ~ Gautama Buddha
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance." ~ Gautama Buddha
Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot; and there ain't any real difference between triplets and a insurrection. - The Babies speech 1879 by Mark Twain
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot; and there ain't any real difference between triplets and a insurrection. - The Babies speech 1879 by Mark Twain
"There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them." ~ Sylvia Plath
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them." ~ Sylvia Plath
The birds have flown their summer skies to the south,
And the flower-money is drying in the banks of bent grass
Which the bumble bee has abandoned. We wait for a winter lion,
Body of ice-crystals and sombrero of dead leaves.
-Thomas McGrath
And the flower-money is drying in the banks of bent grass
Which the bumble bee has abandoned. We wait for a winter lion,
Body of ice-crystals and sombrero of dead leaves.
-Thomas McGrath
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The birds have flown their summer skies to the south,
And the flower-money is drying in the banks of bent grass
Which the bumble bee has abandoned. We wait for a winter lion,
Body of ice-crystals and sombrero of dead leaves.
-Thomas McGrath
And the flower-money is drying in the banks of bent grass
Which the bumble bee has abandoned. We wait for a winter lion,
Body of ice-crystals and sombrero of dead leaves.
-Thomas McGrath
One by one the dead leaves fall,
Yielding gently to the call
Of the autumn wind.
Half reluctantly they go,
Falter, waver to and fro,
Glancing oft behind.
-Ruby Archer
Yielding gently to the call
Of the autumn wind.
Half reluctantly they go,
Falter, waver to and fro,
Glancing oft behind.
-Ruby Archer
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One by one the dead leaves fall,
Yielding gently to the call
Of the autumn wind.
Half reluctantly they go,
Falter, waver to and fro,
Glancing oft behind.
-Ruby Archer
Yielding gently to the call
Of the autumn wind.
Half reluctantly they go,
Falter, waver to and fro,
Glancing oft behind.
-Ruby Archer
Gettin' together to smile&rejoice
&eating&laughin' with folks of your choice
Chattin' an' braggin' a bit with the men,
Buildin' the old family circle again;
Livin' the wholesome an' old-fashioned cheer,
Just for awhile at the end of the year.
-Edgar Albert Guest
&eating&laughin' with folks of your choice
Chattin' an' braggin' a bit with the men,
Buildin' the old family circle again;
Livin' the wholesome an' old-fashioned cheer,
Just for awhile at the end of the year.
-Edgar Albert Guest
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Gettin' together to smile&rejoice
&eating&laughin' with folks of your choice
Chattin' an' braggin' a bit with the men,
Buildin' the old family circle again;
Livin' the wholesome an' old-fashioned cheer,
Just for awhile at the end of the year.
-Edgar Albert Guest
&eating&laughin' with folks of your choice
Chattin' an' braggin' a bit with the men,
Buildin' the old family circle again;
Livin' the wholesome an' old-fashioned cheer,
Just for awhile at the end of the year.
-Edgar Albert Guest
We gathered round the fireside. How fast the hours would fly--
It seemed before we'd settled down 'twas time to say good-bye.
Those were the glad Thanksgivings, the old-time families knew
When relatives could still be friends and every heart was true.
-Edgar Albert Guest
It seemed before we'd settled down 'twas time to say good-bye.
Those were the glad Thanksgivings, the old-time families knew
When relatives could still be friends and every heart was true.
-Edgar Albert Guest
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We gathered round the fireside. How fast the hours would fly--
It seemed before we'd settled down 'twas time to say good-bye.
Those were the glad Thanksgivings, the old-time families knew
When relatives could still be friends and every heart was true.
-Edgar Albert Guest
It seemed before we'd settled down 'twas time to say good-bye.
Those were the glad Thanksgivings, the old-time families knew
When relatives could still be friends and every heart was true.
-Edgar Albert Guest
"Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties." ~ Oscar Wilde
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties." ~ Oscar Wilde
To see her sitting by the fireside, purring herself blind with pleased satisfaction. There is not merely a suggestion but an actual assertion of strict propriety in the way she curls the tip of her tail about her. No model of matronly virtue could seat herself more demurely. ~Coulson Kernahan
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
To see her sitting by the fireside, purring herself blind with pleased satisfaction. There is not merely a suggestion but an actual assertion of strict propriety in the way she curls the tip of her tail about her. No model of matronly virtue could seat herself more demurely. ~Coulson Kernahan
"I have a little dog who likes to nap with me. He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck. He is sweeter than soap. He is more wonderful than a diamond necklace, which can't even bark." ~ Mary Oliver
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"I have a little dog who likes to nap with me. He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck. He is sweeter than soap. He is more wonderful than a diamond necklace, which can't even bark." ~ Mary Oliver
I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me
I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be.
To relieve my indigestion in December they can try,
But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.
~Edgar A. Guest
I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be.
To relieve my indigestion in December they can try,
But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.
~Edgar A. Guest
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me
I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be.
To relieve my indigestion in December they can try,
But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.
~Edgar A. Guest
I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I'll be.
To relieve my indigestion in December they can try,
But there's none of them can stop me when it's time for cherry pie.
~Edgar A. Guest
“Nothing says holiday like a cheese log.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Nothing says holiday like a cheese log.”
"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again." ~ Lewis Carroll
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again." ~ Lewis Carroll
With incense sweet our thanks ascend;
Before thy works our powers pall;
Though we should strive years without end,
We could not thank thee for them all.
-P L Dunbar
Before thy works our powers pall;
Though we should strive years without end,
We could not thank thee for them all.
-P L Dunbar
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
With incense sweet our thanks ascend;
Before thy works our powers pall;
Though we should strive years without end,
We could not thank thee for them all.
-P L Dunbar
Before thy works our powers pall;
Though we should strive years without end,
We could not thank thee for them all.
-P L Dunbar
"Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink
That is the finest of suppers, I think
When I'm grown up and can have what I please,
I think I shall always insist upon these."
~ Christopher Morley
That is the finest of suppers, I think
When I'm grown up and can have what I please,
I think I shall always insist upon these."
~ Christopher Morley
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink
That is the finest of suppers, I think
When I'm grown up and can have what I please,
I think I shall always insist upon these."
~ Christopher Morley
That is the finest of suppers, I think
When I'm grown up and can have what I please,
I think I shall always insist upon these."
~ Christopher Morley
"Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out." ~ Phyllis Diller
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out." ~ Phyllis Diller
One is permitted to assume an attitude of indifference in the matter of elephants,cockatoos,HGWells,Sweden,roast beef, Puccini&evenMormonism, but in thematterofcats it is necessary totake afirm stand. It is impossible for a catlover to meet a strayfeline without stoppingtopass thetimeofday.~CVechten
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
One is permitted to assume an attitude of indifference in the matter of elephants,cockatoos,HGWells,Sweden,roast beef, Puccini&evenMormonism, but in thematterofcats it is necessary totake afirm stand. It is impossible for a catlover to meet a strayfeline without stoppingtopass thetimeofday.~CVechten