Tag Archives: thanksgiving

Nov27

a gathering ground.

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on thanksgiving, and every day

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‘the table is a meeting place, a gathering ground,

the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction.

a person cooking is a person giving: even the simplest food is a gift.

-laurie colwin

*Laurie Colwin was  an American author known for her witty and elegant fiction, as well as her popular food essays.  She wrote five novels and three short story collections. Colwin also wrote a food column for Gourmet magazine, which led to two acclaimed essay-cookbook collections, . She died unexpectedly at the age of 48. 

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art credit: jess bessie/pinterest

Nov24

on the day after thanksgiving day.

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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

today, as you gather.

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“the table is a meeting place, a gathering ground,

the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction.

a person cooking is a person giving; the simplest food is a gift.”

-laurie colwyn

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may you gather today with those you love to share your gifts.

 

Nov22

getting ready.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“i am thankful for every moment.”

-al green

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image credit: napkin party

Nov29

less visible.

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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.

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“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)