Is this finally our year? No guests, no invites, no one to please but ourselves. No turkey or stuffing. No cringy corn. None of Julie’s carrot stew I pretend to enjoy. No football on TV or bottles of zin to make me regret sobriety. No arguments about immigration while we eat.
A mid-day hike. A game of scrabble. Nestle under blankets with books, laptop close at hand when I want to write. Steaming ginger tea. Tommy dreaming against my leg. Dinner prep measured in minutes not hours. Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed sing comforting harmonies. We eat pie before bed.
The Other Stuff 
I’m hoping my Christmas lunch will be like this in 2024!
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Thanks-giving, Christmas
or both?
Christmas here’ll be bring-a-plate(ful), I think.
Australia has no Thanksgiving. Perhaps that’s a pity and one of our ridiculous holidays could be repurposed. I know, let’s use Melbourne Cup day or Grand final parade public holiday
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carrot stew ew ew?
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Right?
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BTW. Just want to acknowledge you were right about the election.
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Trump always polls lower than reality.
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I’m a bit freaked out today, by the news, which I don’t even watch.
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Yes, if there was ever a real life example of the loonies running the asylum… I think Alexandra Petri captures the scary absurdity well in this satire piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/13/trump-cabinet-picks-satire/
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Sounds like the perfect Thanksgiving.
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I’d love to join you, but that would ruin everything you’ve got planned!
By the way, I heard Guinness is going to be increasing its production of its non-alcoholic beer! Hopefully that means the price will come down a bit.
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Compared to Athletic, Guinness is already a better deal. That would be great if the price came down more.
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I agree it is one of the best NA beers. and if the price goes down, it would be even better…
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