thanksgiving Archive
27 Nov 2014
A Thanksgiving Feast of Mini-reviews
Customarily, I take Thanksgiving Day off from posting to the blog (it’s one of very few days in which I do that). In fact I generally write the pieces days in advance, so trust me: I am taking today off with family. But for anyone who tunes in today or after, I present a few
28 Nov 2013
Another Happy Thanksgiving
A tradition I’ve developed these last four years is NOT posting a review, essay or interview on Thanksgiving. Instead I’m taking the day off and preparing (with my sweetheart) a nine-course Holiday feast for us, my two adult kids, and my sweetheart’s mom. Everything pretty well made from scratch, with homemade red and white wine
22 Nov 2012
Happy Thanksgiving
I’ve been running this blog for just shy of three and a half years now, posting new content just about every business day (I’ve missed a few, and when life intrudes, I occasionally reach back in to the archives and repost something old, but I haven’t done that very often at all). One tradition I
24 Nov 2011
A Thanksgiving Thank-you
Maybe you’re the sort who doesn’t spend Thanksgiving in front of a television, watching men run up and down a field in funny costumes. Further, maybe you didn’t eat so much turkey on Thanksgiving to cause a tryptophan-induced coma (or maybe it hasn’t kicked in yet). Or maybe you’re not reading this humble little note
25 Nov 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
For my readers in the USA, today is the Thanksgiving Holiday. I’m taking the day off from the blog to spend time with my kids. Best wishes to you and yours. Here’s a clip representing something that is — for me — a Thanksgiving tradition right up there with overeating.