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Check out this magazine issue right now! [GreenPrints]( October 31, 2023   [GET the NOVEMBER 2023 issue of GreenPrints Magazine with ‘THE THANKFUL GAME’ story now!]( Your GreenPrints Magazine November 2023 issue is ready for you to access and read right now. When you read this printable issue, you get joy, laughter, and inspiration. Start reading—and listening to—stories in this issue now. BONUS: GreenPrints founder Pat Stone has authored a story for this issue—check out Pat’s story … and the entire issue … right now! Dear Gardener, Great news! Your November 2023 issue of GreenPrints Magazine is ready for you to access, print, and read. Plus, the new-and-improved GreenPrints Magazine includes two stories in the current issue that are also read aloud by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. What a treat! In addition to reading these two stories for yourself, you can listen to the audio recordings while working in the garden, while driving in your car, or on-the-go anywhere [Magazine Cover]( Please check out this story in the current issue, entitled “The Thankful Game”—you’re certain to get warm-and-fuzzy feelings when reading this story about a family who bonds over snapping beans. Plus, this story has been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen!  [The Thankful Game (with audio)]( Snapping beans gave me more than produce. By Alexa Huber  Read by Pat and Becky Stone [IMAGE](  “My family,” says my mom, Elizabeth. “Desserts,” says my Aunt Anne. “The breeze,” says my father, Lee, with eleven green beans in his hand. “Air-conditioning,” says my youngest sister, Jean, as she gets up to bring water to the group. “The last bucket of beans,” I mumble while swapping out a full five-gallon bucket for an empty one. When I was a child, the sound of green beans snapping filled much of Summer and early Fall. With those never-ending buckets of beans came the Thankful Game. It’s a game my Aunt Anne created more than 20 years ago for her own kids. The goal is to say one thing that you’re thankful for while helping to snap 20 or more gallons of green beans. The turn to say something went around the circle of bean snappers. [IMAGE](  The Thankful Game was, to me, a dreaded activity. The sweltering Midwest heat and humidity made everything you touched seem to stick to your body. Even the thought of moving seemed to make sweat materialize out of the air. Not to mention that bean-snapping only occurred after the beans had been picked in that same hot weather. Once the beans were picked and the lawn chairs placed, the snapping began. As it continued, my younger sister, Angela, would get distracted by playing with our dogs, or both of my sisters would run inside to grab a water bottle or the home phone—and embrace a few moments in the air-conditioning. Meanwhile I kept snapping, at a third of the rate of my dad or my uncle. Still, with each passing minute, the bean buckets would slowly empty. [Read More...](  What a delightful and heartwarming story that reminds me of my own family games! You must read the rest of it. And the [GreenPrints Magazine November 2023 issue]( has other stories for you—more content to touch your soul, lift your spirits, and make you laugh! Including this featured story—"The Thankful Game"—you get all 8 stories in this [GreenPrints Magazine November 2023 issue]( with these gems: - INCLUDES AUDIO: “The Thankful Game: Snapping beans gave me more than produce.”—read about a woman and her family engaging in a playful game while gathered together to snap beans. It’s all about passing the time together while doing a regular chore … and it’s fun! Plus—this story has also been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen! - INCLUDES AUDIO: “Shady Characters: Some plants are hard to get. Others hard to get rid of.”—read this funny account of “back-alley dealings” to get and sell a variety of plants. Very unique! Plus—this story has also been recorded for you by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone and his wife, Becky. Read and listen! - “Help! Holiday Houseplants!: Houseplants are wonderful. Just don’t give me one.”—read this gem, authored by GreenPrints founder Pat Stone, about his distinct dislike to receive houseplants as gifts … especially at holiday time. This story is special! Pat usually is busy editing all the other submitted stories, but he took time to share this story of his own with you! - “The Scent of Lavender: A healing, soothing gift to remember.”—read about this loving woman’s deep affection for lavender … and for her dear brother. And how she weaves lavender into the circle of life as a balm for the soul. - “Garden Follies: My dad’s garden grew as many stories as vegetables—and it grew a lot of vegetables!”—read one woman’s account of her father’s gardening (and storytelling) adventures in Alabama when she was growing up. Heartwarming. Reminiscent of the “good old days.” And simply delightful! - “The Faces Behind the Flowers: Who grows the lovely greenhouse flowers you buy?”—Get this full account of life working in a greenhouse … how every aspect of creating and selling plants in a greenhouse is supported by the people who work there. You’re bound to uncover a side of greenhouse workers you didn’t know before. - “The Golden Hammer & the Green Thumb: There’s hope for the brown-thumbed among us!”—read about a man’s observation of construction workers’ skill and tools … and how his misconception about this work is not too dissimilar to how people confuse his skill in the garden. Born with a green thumb? Guess again! - “The Fall and Rise of Pink Patricia: I grew a geranium so lovely someone else sold it!”—get this surprising story about one man’s nurturing nature with plants. And how his extraordinary efforts resulted in demand for his revived plants … just not the way he intended! Funny and sweet! 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