Category Archives: Family Most everyone will serve mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving this year, but not all. All of us—Americans have an idea of what belongs on the table, but that idea is as varied as we are. America is a country made up of (mostly) immigrants, and even at Thanksgiving, diversity is what’s on the menu. I love Kevin Hart, […]  I can hardly believe that in less than two weeks we will gather around the Thanksgiving table. I have been distracted lately as have most people, and it’s time to move forward on both a macro and micro level. For today I’m choosing micro. I’m going to think about Thanksgiving, and making it great again. […]  I had planned this post to be a recipe, or advice on preparation for Thanksgiving, and instead I wrote about the election, and those of us who are doing our best, or at least the best we can. I have been reading Brene Brown’s Rising Strong, a book filled with stories many personal, about how we […]  Who doesn’t feel some nostalgia for times, Thanksgivings, or the America of long ago? The past can look so rosy as we reflect back on a moments. There was that summer party our family had when we festooned the trees with streamers, and the whole extended family was there, that July 4th in the early 1970’s. […]  Traditional Thanksgiving is an odd term, as pretty much the only things all Thanksgiving meals include are turkey and gravy. What is traditional at your house probably isn’t at your neighbor’s house. Most of us grew up eating the same things, or some variation on them year after year. Is there a typical American Thanksgiving? […] |
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