Posted in Holidays & Celebrations, Looking Back, Thanksgiving, tagged leftovers, Thanksgiving, turkey sandwiches on November 22, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s always been hard for me to choose which I like better — the Thanksgiving meal or the leftovers. We always eat around noon, so there’s plenty of time for another sidle up to the trough. The stuffing, sweet potatoes, even the turkey seem to taste better for having sat in the refrigerator for several [...]
Posted in Attempts at Artwork, Folk Art (mine), Looking Back, Sheep, Thanksgiving, tagged 1963, assassination, Jack Kennedy, JFK, John F. Kennedy, November 22, President Kennedy, Sheep, Thanksgiving on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Every Baby Boomer has their story of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy: where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news.
I’m a Boomer as well, so of course I must share my story:
November 22 fell on the Friday before Thanksgiving that year. In grade school we had to sell [...]
Posted in Amish areas, Holidays & Celebrations, Thanksgiving, tagged abundance, Amish, autumn, farm stands, gourds, Holmes Co., Ohio, produce, pumpkins, Thanksgiving on November 20, 2007 | No Comments »
As we celebrate our bounty with gratitude this week, my thoughts go back to the trip my mother and I made to Holmes Co., Ohio, in October. I was impressed by how the Amish celebrate abundance from their fields. Their produce markets aren’t just crates of vegetables, mountains of pumpkins, and offhand stacks of bagged apples. [...]
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations, Needlework, Thanksgiving, punchneedle, redwork, rug hooking, tagged embroidery, hooked rugs, Needlework, pumpkins, punch needle, punchneedle, redwork, rug hooking, Thanksgiving, turkey on November 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Over at Lillian’s Cupboard, my mother is bragging about my needlework again. The turkey and pumpkin/moon hooked rug hangings and the punchneedle pumpkin were original designs (obviously, I made them up as I went — they’re lopsided and/or out of proportion; I just can’t plan ahead). The redwork of the grandmother and kids in the kitchen is [...]
