There is, in the weekend comics, an amusing commentary in the strip, “Zits”. It features the Duncan family – mother, father, and Jeremy, their teenage son. In this particular strip, Jeremy is walking through the house, seeing a pumpkin display on the dining room table, along with pumpkins on bookshelves, under lamps, everywhere. Going outside, the house is lined with pumpkins – the front steps, the walkways, even up on the roof and around the chimney. Jeremy tells his mother firmly that she has “pumpkin issues”. Yes, indeed. It’s that time of year, and judging by the displays some folks have, they too have pumpkin “issues”.
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2024 Christmas Cookie Bake – One for the Books
Yes, it is complete. The 2024 Christmas Cookie Bake. Saturday was the day. All of the excitement, second-guessing, the anticipation as baking sheets go in, and come out of the oven. And now, the cookies are settled snugly in their beds, well plastic storage containers, but still.
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Yes, I know. I’ve already written my yearly tribute to Thanksgiving. To families getting together, to memories of celebrations past and those that have gone before us. To reflections of the joys, perhaps and sorrows too, of the past year. And of that for which we are truly grateful. But I did miss a key point, though, that I’d like to correct. This holiday, like no other, is a celebration of food. And to a lesser extent, drink. And now that I’m retired and don’t have to worry about Thanksgiving football games and holiday parades, so that I can focus on cooking and eating, the true joy and gratitude of Thanksgiving is upon me.
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Once again, Thanksgiving is upon us. To me, it’s always been a time of warmth and pleasant smiles, when we look back on the year with some fond memories, perhaps some not so pleasant. Not really a champagne cork popping time, but very rewarding, all the same. All in all, a good year. Some of this I’ve written before, and perhaps some readers won’t have seen it. If you have, maybe it’s worth repeating.
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A cartoon caught my eye this morning, and I printed it to send to the Princess. The comic strip is called “Zits”. It’s about Jeremy, a teenager dealing with his parents – particularly his mother, and them dealing with him. There was one last week in which Jeremy announced to his parents that he felt he was wasting the best years of his life. His solution was to live unencumbered, and that they should just give him his inheritance. In the last panel, he’s out talking to his girlfriend outside, and she comments that she can “still hear them laughing.” It’s a moment for all of us.
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