We Gather Together

Well, if it ain't turkey day.

It's a holiday I've always loved, and this year, for the first time, hosting dinner has fallen to me. So, I'll be roasting a turkey, mashing potatoes, broiling up those fab lemon-parm Brussels sprouts I discovered last winter, and tossing just enough Bell's Seasoning in to the bowl to make the stuffing - from scratch, of course: no boxed stuffing for me -  taste like my mother's. And I'll be making apple crisp and cranberry sauce. As I write this post, that's the plan. I'll def be doing the apple crisp, but I bought a can of cranberry sauce in case I decide to bag the homemade. As for gravy, that's coming from the Roche Bros. My sisters and nieces will be providing all the anything else. (Let's hear it for sisters and nieces!)

Last year, for my Thanksgiving post - which haphazardly, I had titled Thanksgiving 2024 - I counted my blessings, itemizing everything I was thankful for. The list still holds. Mostly. I'm not feeling all that thankful about my country just about now. And sorely wish it had been my Irish grandparents who'd emigrated, not my great-grandparents, which would have entitled me to apply for Irish citizenship.

Nonetheless, this is a holiday I still like. A lot.

So Happy Thanksgiving!