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
this family of turkeys behind the line at the parade
may or may not realize
that they have actually become a part of the parade.
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“in general, costumes are the first thing in life
that let other people know who we are.
they indicate who the person is without saying anything.”
-molly parker
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at the 2018 macy’s thanksgiving day parade – new york, ny, usa
“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
traveling with the family to nyc
to spend some quality holiday time
maybe it will be
quiet there
if no one else has the same idea.
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“one can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.”
-georgia o’keeffe
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“i am grateful for what I am and have. my thanksgiving is perpetual.”
-henry david thoreau
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image credit: faerie magazine
happy to have shared the table with all different kinds of people yesterday.
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“i am a part of all that i have met.” – lord tennyson
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image: smashingbuzz
enjoy your people tomorrow
no matter who or what they may be.
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‘the only thing I like better than talking about food is eating. “
-john walters
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credit: the new yorker
grandbaby b and daughter deliver
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three of us:
one daughter, h
one grandie, b
and myself,
(not the wisemen)
delivered gifts
of thanksgiving baskets
filled with donated food
provided by many,
to families
in the struggling community
around the school
where h teaches
each and every day
surprise gathering
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and how lucky
that we were able
to show up
at one of her student’s houses
and the little one was shocked
when she opened the door
and saw her teacher, h
standing there
smiling
with a basket of things
to make her holiday special
and when this child
with so many life challenges understood
that her teacher had chosen her house to visit
she grabbed her hand and didn’t let go
and her baby sister came to join in the fun
and grandbaby b joined in the fun
another surprise
—
and on the next day of school
this little student
who didn’t have much to call her own
brought a gift
to thank her teacher, h
and told her:
“you brought me thanksgiving food so I brought you a balloon.”
and the joy of giving
just kept rolling on.
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there are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
– khalil gibran
after the pie,
at the kids’ table.
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 