lounging with leftovers
(this is not me, but we share a similar attitude and approach to the day after)
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“rest and be thankful.”
-william wordsworth
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image credit: borders of adventure, china
Nov24
Category Archives: thanksgiving
Nov23
on thanksgiving day.
“i would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
-gilbert k. chesterton
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art credit: karen davis, by frost and candlelight
Nov22
getting ready.
as we prepare to gather together in a few days
often with all kinds of people
often anticipating how it will go
often happily surprised.
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“it’s never the differences between people that surprise us.
it’s the things, that against all odds, we have in common.”
-jodi picoult
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photo credit: muppets.disney.com
Nov27
remembered.
4 of the 6-pack taking their turn in group charades.
6 of the 6-pack will have different memories of thanksgiving.
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“it’s like your children talking about holidays,
you find they have quite a different memory of it from you.
perhaps everything is not how it is,
but how it is remembered.”
-denis norden
Nov25
enough.
on this day of thanksgiving, i am grateful for having enough.
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“enough is as good as a feast.”
-joshua sylvester
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credit: beautiful feast created by the kinder
Nov24
more alive.
awaiting tomorrow’s gathering.
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“this is the power of gathering
it inspires us – delightfully
to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful
in a word, more alive.”
-alice waters
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art credit: Debbie and Mike Schramer, using treasures they gathered from the forest.
Nov26
on thanksgiving.
“i am thankful for every moment.”
-al green
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image credit: napkin party
Nov29
less visible.
how many grandies (and one hoverboard) does it take
to help me carry all of my leftovers home?
four.
this is very kind and also might be a sign
that I am bringing home too much food.
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“leftovers in their less visible form are called memories.
stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.”
-thomas Fuller
Nov28
thankful.
“gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received.
thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling.
thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
-henry van dyke
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happy thanksgiving and much gratitude to all
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image credit: ida bohatta (children’s book illustrator and author)
Nov27
jello….is it me you’re looking for?
with the big holiday looming
don’t spend a minute worrying about
what to do with all the leftovers
the solution is just waiting for you to discover
rest easy.
because, jello.
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what’s the weirdest jello recipe you’ve ever been served?
was it considered:
a dessert?
a salad substitute?
a side dish of the main meal?
other?
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“it’s as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O
but it is always there at the end, waiting.”
-john grisham, ford county
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image credit: kraft/general foods – vintage ad
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