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Five Friday Happy Bringers

Five Friday Happy Bringers 10/10/25

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. The beauty and importance of FIRE.

The other evening at Skidaway Island State Park, Savannah

2. Reaching 1400 days of meditation (not all in a row!) using the 10% Happier app.

Wouldn’t you think I’d have it a little more together by now?!

3. My toes! Wiggle yours real quick and give them a little “Thanks”.

4. A cute little fellow I saw the other morning just outside our front door.

Look harder!

5. Heading up to Atlanta this morning for Atlanta Pride 2025 over the weekend.

This year’s theme, “Rooted in Resistance,” honors what festival organizers say is the layered history of the LGBTQ+ movement, “acknowledging the foundational acts of defiance and courage that have paved the way for current advancements.” wabe.org

“From Stonewall to the present day, we have continually stood firm in the face of adversity, demanding our rights and celebrating our identities,” said Chris McCain, executive director of Atlanta Pride, in a June press release. “This theme is a call to remember our past, acknowledge our ongoing struggles, and empower every individual to contribute to a future where all LGBTQ+ people can thrive, free from fear and prejudice.” wabe.org

What is something you’re very proud about?

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 10/3/25

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. A reminder of childhood as I walked through Savannah‘s Ardsley Park neighborhood.

2. The joy of grandchildren this week.

Madison (blonde, lower right) singing a duet at a school choral event.

3. Putting my head on my pillow in my bed each night. And realizing what a tremendous blessing that simple act really is.

4. Seeing this silly little whatever-it-is in a bathroom.

5. Getting a HUGE flower arrangement after having some minimally invasive back surgery recently.

May you have a Huge Blossom of Happiness this weekend.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 9/26/25

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. This lovely little harbinger of serenity who peacefully greets me each time I walk into our bathroom.

No, no, not the patriotic wise owl on the top shelf. Look closer, down in the lower left.

In light and shadow, she welcomes me.

(But I’m trying to get her a better working environment.)

2. My beautifully shirted HR and this amazing cinnamon roll we had the other morning at a new restaurant near us, The Municipal Bar, inside a new hotel, The Municipal, which is a gorgeous revamp of an old city building where we used to pay our water bill. TMI?

3. The ability to taste. Isn’t that sense just absolutely amazing?!

4. Experiencing the Fall season, even inside the house. Here’s our pretty mature fiddle leaf fig.

She has been shedding a few leaves lately—but then again, haven’t we all?

For some reason, I couldn’t bring myself to simply throw the leaves away.

So I looked around and plopped them in our little wall vase.

And actually found them quite beautiful in their color-changing Autumnal phase.

Look at the chlorophyll saying goodbye.

Robert (so very helpfully) reminded me recently that I too am in my Fall/Autumn Phase.

After I started speaking to him again, I thought about it and decided to hope that my chlorophyll stays bright and green for a while longer.

5. Getting successfully through an intracept procedure earlier this week (a type of back surgery, which hopefully will help my lower back pain).

Is it legal for HR to take photos in a surgery center? I would have yelled at him, but I was a bit out of it.

(More about THAT entire experience in an upcoming post.)

May you have some non-surgical fun this weekend.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 9/19/25

Posted on September 19, 2025September 25, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Evening walk along the Savannah River near us.

2. Kitty cat Benny’s peaceful head on me as we afternoon nap.

3. Retirement and its nap-ability schedule.

4. The hearty, comforting and delicious joy of a traditional egg, bacon, hash brown and sourdough toast breakfast.

5. Purple.

May you have a colorful weekend ahead.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 9/12/25

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Glorious early morning sunlight on grass.

2. Beginning to see a few (emphasis on “few”) early indications of Approaching Autumn here in Savannah.

3. The simply amazing Ability to Walk! What a blessing. The next time you walk today (if you can), shout (or think loudly), “Look at me! I am WALKING!”

4. The beautiful opposite of Happy Bringer #1 above …

… evening sunset.

5. Watermelon with a mouth.

Happy Weekend!

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/29/25

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Fresh South Georgia Bi-color Corn.

Or as I call it, Bisexual Corn.

2. My new, neat little sitting and reading area in our bedroom. Robert put up the shelves next to my chair.

Now he can watch his superhero movies and shows in the living room, and I can read, quietly, in the bedroom.

It probably doesn’t look like much to you, but these couple of square feet are my own little nest to settle, relax, breathe and read.

3. The incredible ability to make plans. To prepare. To dream. To think ahead.

4. Incredible truth, which I often don’t pause to remember.

We were walking through Hobby lobby the other day, when Robert said, “Neal pick up these, hold them. Let me take a few pictures of your truth.”

5. A very inappropriate, but humorous and truthful candle I saw on my older daughter Amy’s bedside table recently.

May you enjoy some inappropriate humor this weekend!

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/22/25

Posted on August 22, 2025August 22, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. To show you (yet again) that it doesn’t take very much to make me happy, I was thrilled (maybe with a small “t” but still thrilled) seeing these neat “tissues don’t have to be in a rectangular or square box” Kleenex in the bathroom at my therapist’s office. TMI?

2. Sort of related (at least in color) to Happiness Bringer #1 above, the first day of Autumn 2025 is one month from today!

Of course it’s 90° with a Real Feel near 100 today in Savannah, but at least we can dream/remember …

3. Robert and I took part in the Savannah Photo Club’s Third Sunday Photo Walk last Sunday morn. Such fun!

There we are, in the middle of the frame, a bit blurry.

For two hours we traversed around Savannah’s Historic District, snapping pictures left and right.

We plan to make the Savannah Photo Walk part of our monthly agenda.

4. After the photo walk, we toured the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Museum of Art display, A Gathering of Bells.

Upon entry, you were giving a white glove for your dominant hand, so that you could ring the clappers in the bells!

“As museum visitors strike the clapper against the shell, their action becomes participation and metaphor simultaneously: we hear the ringing bell vibrate and sense how our gestures reverberate outward toward others.”

Such a unique sculpture display/experience.

5. The pleasure of a simple little nap.

Make your weekend ahead have some Simple Little Pleasures.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/15/25

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Green beans.

They are crisp-perfect, simply drizzled with olive oil and a little salt, and put in the oven for about 15 minutes.

2. This cute little doggie store on my morning walk.

3. The amazing ability to remember. What a gift.

4. What we need more of:

5. Robert’s love of fancy coffee … that’s not in a paper cup.

Starbucks this morning.

What’s on your Happiness List today?

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 8/8/25

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Neal Saye

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Stone fruit still life.

And what Robert made with it …

Clafoutis.

“Clafoutis is a French dessert made with fruit covered in a batter that consists of eggs, sugar, milk, and flour. It’s a thick custard that is similar to flan in texture. It is usually made with cherries, but other fruits can be used as well.” prettysimplesweet.com

Oh my goodness! It was wonderful.

We invited Tillamook strawberry ice cream to join us for breakfast.

2. Grandson Daniel, singing “Come What May” (from Moulin Rouge) with his girlfriend Amalie at a recent concert. Daniel’s last Savannah performance before his freshman year of college.