Thanks-Filled
It shouldn't be a holiday. It should be everyday.
I always think of Thanksgiving as that brief pause between trick or treaters and Jolly Old Saint Nick—a 20,000 calorie pause, but a pause nonetheless. Sandwiched (get it?) between giving and getting candy, and giving and getting Christmas presents, Thanksgiving is a day to remember that turkey really is pretty tasteless. Seriously though, it’s a day to remember our multitude of blessings. And even though we learned a somewhat inaccurate version of that first feast, the lessons of fellowship and sharing our bounty are enduring.
COMEDY: Here’s a wacky holiday piece I wrote for Slackjaw…
Did I Dial 911 or Was it the Butterball Hotline?
MUSIC: And here’s a beautiful George Winston composition…
RECIPE: Acorn Squash Fondue
I’m setting this spread out on the table for the gang to gaze (and graze) upon. Delicious, pretty, and easy!!
“Turkey Trot” races abound, because there’s nothing like a huge heavy meal to make you want to run, right? Steve and the girls ran our local iteration for several years…
FEATURED AUTHOR: Laurie Colwin
This author is someone I never had the good fortune to meet, but from the moment I picked up her first book, I loved her and her gorgeous writing. Tragically, Laurie passed away at the age of 48, in 1992. I recommend everything she wrote, from Happy All the Time (her debut novel, all about love, friendship and family) onward, but there’s a special place in my heart for her food writing. And what better time than Thanksgiving to savor some of THAT?
Home Cooking—A Writer in the Kitchen
No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, and the wisdom of cookbook writers. —Laurie Colwin
BLOG PREVIEW:
This week, as all over the country small children are being commanded to kiss their elderly Aunt Gertie when she arrives for Thanksgiving dinner, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on…kissing!! Run over to Working Title tomorrow as fast as those children will run from Aunt Gertie!
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
Sanctity has to do with gratitude. To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less.
— Ronald Rolheiser in The Holy Longing
Like a good Lutheran, I believe we are all both sinners and saints. I spend way too much of my life on my sinner side, but it’s nice to know that being thankful brings out the saint that’s also somewhere in me (waaaaay deep down). May you all have a Thanksgiving of happiness, hope, and lots of wonderful reasons to be grateful!!
Loved Laurie Colwin too! Happy TG.