As We Gather Together
Every year, my family acts as if Thanksgiving had just been invented. In mid- November we each start to notice that something is happening. Maybe it’s the sight of canned cranberry stacked at the grocery end-cap. Or it’s all the pumpkin spice we encounter that finally jars an old sensory memory. My sister is the first to realize that Thanksgiving is…..
As We Gather Together
Do you stand in line at the grocery beguiled by the food magazines and their lure of delectable Thanksgiving delights? I do–85 Easy Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes, 23 Holiday Potato Recipes. Then I see The 98 Best Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes, and 24 Make-Ahead T Day Recipes. Maybe I should take a peak at Thanksgiving Recipes Across the United States. The line at the grocery checkout is moving slowly so I grab a magazine…..
Thanking your Appliances
The Pilgrims brought frying pans, iron pots, kettles, wooden spoons and mortar pestle sets (a great wedding gift) with them on the Mayflower. A year after their arrival, they, meaning the four surviving wives, used these simple tools and fire to create the feast that we still cherish. As we gather together, let us remember that the hallowed first Thanksgiving dinner was 3 days long, featured…..
PSL
The leaves are falling and over one-third of us are putting down our rakes and rushing to indulge in a PSL- a Pumpkin Spice Latte. Has this gateway beverage encouraged you to buy all sorts of other pumpkin flavored treats? You can now fill…..
Hello Hello!
Update: I published the original post on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2015. Since then, my husband and I have continued to chat with many innocent bystanders. We have bonded with our new friends, and these new connections have continued to help us grow closer.
We are striving to talk to everyone in the…..