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The Saturday after Thanksgiving

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What a beautiful morning! Warmish & sunny. Whiffs of leftover fireplace smoke in a slight breeze. Later on, one of the neighbors had a burn pile going. Fall. Breakfast. Fried leftover mashed potatoes with onions, and a fried egg. Chatted with the Thanksgiving Orphan about one of his favorite authors, Will Durant.  Pie Brunch was

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Black Friday: Thoughts from ages ago

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Black Friday: Thoughts from ages ago

Technically, this is not a repost because the original was in Blogger format converted to WordPress and it looks just awful. So this is a recreation of a post from ages ago. “Black Friday” Thoughts: Pt. 2 (November 25, 2011). Today I remember that the years have rewarded me for every talent I possess, and

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In the previous post, “Everybody else: Sides & fixin’s,” everybody refers to everybody else besides Mr. Big Food. This is how he describes Thanksgiving dinner on the menu posted on the fridge. He’s doing the turkey and two pies. Everybody else… .  This has become Tradition. 

“Everybody else: Sides & Fixin’s” with a side of “How to *Really* talk to a liberal at Thanksgiving”

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Yesterday afternoon “Mom? Mom?” “Yes?” “I’ve decided to bake something, too. Can I use a butter from the freezer?” “Of course!” ~~ “Mom? Mom? Do we have any pear brandy?” “No, I don’t think so.” “Are you going to town?” “Yes.” “Are you going to the liquor store?” “Yes.” “Could you get some pear brandy?

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One thing leads to another

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I was examining one of the — I’ll actually count, hold on– eight (not counting the 18 which are assigned) crappy old books on my desk. Seventy Years of Textbook Publishing: A History of Ginn and Company 1867-1937 (1938) may not be for you, but it’s perfect lunch reading for me. That, of course, got

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The Children’s Corner

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As you can see, Daughter C outdid herself. Lovely, don’t you think? The weather is forecast to be very Thanksgivingy– Southern Country Mouse-wise. One or two Thanksgiving orphans will join us. Traditional menu, though not sure what Daughter C and The J-Man are bringing. Table is set. Well. Okay. Underneath all of the dishes &

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The Centerpiece, et cetera concerning the day before Thanksgiving

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by Tony Took two days of research. He arrived at the conclusion that a Thanksgiving centerpiece was artfully presented dead plant material. At the end of the second day, when his research had come to fruition, I said to Kat, “I guess we forgot to tell him about Pinterest.” Just another chapter in The Book

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Here’s the thing

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So we’re done with all that traveling and Guest Speaker stuff. We are going to be going to Texas very soon. And then North Carolina. But for now, the five of us, and five or more of our closest (regionally speaking, as in “who within a couple hundred miles or so could you spend a

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Day is Done

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Gone the Sun We are tuckered out. We being Mr. Big Food, Rocky, Missy, Snaps, Tiger, and I. The point of today was to constrict– to bring the dirty dishes, towels, and linens from the various kitchens and baths into the kitchen and laundry room in the Big House, to put away the many fancy things

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You Wanted Pictures

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I will give you pictures. These are some of the 40+ tamales Mr. Big Food made this morning for the Egg Bowl tailgate. [These are some of the 80+ corn husk bow ribbon square/granny knots I made.] This is Daughter C and Jordan and Tony in the Primary kitchen. Daughter C did NOT want to

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This is a 20+ Pound Turkey

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My relationship with this particular turkey– bless his heart– began last Friday, one week ago. Mr. Big Food had asked me to go to Kroger and procure a $0.78 / pound turkey of approximately 15-16-20 pounds. And so I did. Eventually. After some thought, we opted for the 20.25 pound bird, as opposed to the

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What is Wrong (& Right) with the World? Customer Service Edition

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Today Miss M and I made our way to the metropolis of Starkville, Mississippi to do some shopping. We had some lists. Mind you– this was not pre-Christmas shopping. This was preparation for Thanksgiving shopping; State plays away tomorrow so it was not a pre-game-day Friday– not too crowded (by Starkville standards). Working our way

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Our Attentions, Lately & Today

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The excitement over the weather, along with my desire to demonstrate that I was all over potential bad weather situations (which I am) sort of petered out when the bad weather did. That’s a good thing. It means we can continue to attend to the table(s). Here’s the situation. I’ve been reading that things are not

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Oh Deer!

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Oh Deer!

We interrupt the silence to pose a few questions. 1) What in heaven’s name are you doing in the back yard?  2) Don’t you know the good acorns are up on the hill just a few yards from the tree stand? 3) Where is your mother? 4) Do you by any chance know where your

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