This Thanksgiving was full of new experiences. In 15 years of marriage, we’d NEVER traveled for this holiday. Until this year. With our regular dinner companions, my sister and her family, now living in Missouri, we knew this Thanksgiving had the potential to be very sad for all of us. So what better way to [...]

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I might have mentioned on the Twitter once or twice that we’re doing something different for Thanksgiving this year: Celebrating at the BEACH. Yep, tomorrow my Beloved will cook turkey with all the trimmings in a high-rise rental condo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. (Your jealousy is entirely justified.) (I apologize for gloating.) (Not really.) [...]

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Just a few days ago, Abby brought home a sample story from her “writing portfolio.” (Did we have portfolios in 1st grade? I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure I was still eating paste until at least age 8.) Anyway, it seemed so appropriate for this weekend’s celebration. In case it’s not readable, here’s her [...]

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FINALLY. I finished an editing job this morning, and now I’m waiting for Charlie to take a look at it. So midafternoon, I turn my mind to blogging. With one problem: I don’t know what to write about. It’s rainy and dreary here today. The kind of day you want to spend sound asleep under [...]

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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We certainly did. The cast: Six adults, six kids (four of them under 7). The menu: Smoked turkey, chestnut stuffing, gravy, collard greens, and broccoli with homemade cheese sauce. For dessert: pumpkin and apple pies. (I made the pumpkin pie.) (Yay, me!) Charlie did his usual culinary magic. [...]

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So Charlie tells me that my skipping over Thanksgiving to listen to Christmas songs is demotivating for him as the family Thanksgiving dinner cook. “Wha?” “Well,” he says, “It’s like if a football team…” (What is UP with men and sports analogies?) “…is prepping for the final playoffs before the Super Bowl and my teammate [...]

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