Put on your gratitude goggles and keep them on

 

I hope you don’t wait until Thanksgiving to be grateful. “The Gratitude Goggles” is a lovely children’s book reminding us not to feel down for not having what others have. Instead, put on those goggles and be grateful for birdsong, blue skies and the people who love you. Easy, right? A little prompting helps people of any age. Andea Mendoza-Vasconez, PhD wrote this book that Rita Nilson illustrated. I’d suggest kids read up and decorate their own sunglasses with shiny bits and make their own goggles. Look around everyone, there’s good stuff everywhere!

 

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Gratitude Now! Here are some stocking stuffer ideas and more.

·        Make a date! Rock Point’s National Parks 2025 planner is good to go now. As in November is Arches National Park month and you can plan out your month on pages of orange, blue, mauve and yellow as sun sets on a Colorado Plateau of monoliths, ridgeline, rivers and high desert. This well-planned planner has plenty of space for ideas as you record your days though images of Acadia National Park, Yellowstone, Yosemite and more. Grateful for natural beauty? Take note.

·       Go Sour! - It’s the cans. Shiny round tins with a “press” area to get to the sours inside. I remember them, but from when? Billed as Retro Sours! They are harkening back to childhood era more recent than my own. The kids who loved them are now grown up, so fill their stocking with the tangerine, mano and citrus they’ll recall fondly. This is an Iconic Candy sold on It's Sugar: https://www.iconiccandy.com/

·         Schär GluteFree has three newbies in the line: Blondie Bites, Brownie Bites, and Mini Honeygrams. Wink: You don’t need to be avoiding gluten to enjoy these. Mini Honeygrams are can be counted for a mini snack that will sweetly crunch up you mood. These “honey-kissed cookies also come in on-the-go packs.  These are upscaled versions of your gram’s graham cracker.

·           “Birdsong” is a layered view book with Margarida Esteves’ art that will wow little kids. Thick pages with cardinals, mushrooms, flowers, robins and the like accompany a rhyme to inspire children to listen to the dawn chorus our birdies create.

Darragh Doiron is a Port Arthur area foodie ready for all that all the upcoming holidays bring. Mosty family, friends and flavors. darraghcastillo@icloud.com