Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Family on Nov 28th, 2010
Since it’s almost December (!), the burning bushes are nearly denuded but they were glorious this year. So that week went by in a blur. We had fun with the kids and grandkids although we didn’t have great plans beyond the puppet show last Sunday. The rest of the time was taken up by walks, [...]
Posted in Ten on Tuesday, Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2010
Ten things to love about Thanksgiving. Getting together with family, even the annoying ones. It’s on a Thursday. Seriously. You get a holiday in the middle of the week and then you have the weekend to recover and eat leftovers. It’s much less commercialized than Christmas. Except for the food and the need to overeat, [...]
Posted in Life on Nov 26th, 2009
Carrie and Jack and I started our Thanksgiving with breakfast out and a walk in the woods at Weston Bend State Park. A sunny but cold morning. We met many like-minded walkers and runners getting in an hour of exercise before the onslaught of food and football. A smiling beagle puppy was happy to run [...]
Thanksgiving preparations are underway which is kind of ridiculous since I’m only cooking for two. But I decided to make tomorrow easy by cooking candied sweet potatoes (for Jack) and mashed potatoes (for me) and the pumpkin pie today. We’ll skip the stuffing this year to keep things simple. Or maybe not, I really like [...]
