Thanksgiving Playlist
So easy picking my playlist—song, actually—for this Thanksgiving. I’m Counting My Blessings ala Bing and Rosemary as I prepare our Thanksgiving Feast.
As I dice and slice and whip and bake, I am keenly aware of how blessed me and mine are to have all we have and live as we live.
That first Thanksgiving, a 3-day long feast which included fowl, 4 deer, shellfish, cranberries, maybe, but no mashed potatoes and definitely no pie (potatoes hadn’t been introduced to the New World yet, and the Pilgrims lacked butter and flour for crust) was a celebration of a successful 1621 harvest.
It did not mean the end of hard times for the Pilgrims. Even as they feasted, I’m sure the Pilgrims were keenly aware, as am I, that one certainly of our uncertain futures is that there will be difficult times ahead. Knowing this makes me even more grateful to be able to celebrate our harvest today.
Happy Thanksgiving! And thank you.