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Over the river and through the woods to a Thanksgiving feast we were preparing to go. Our son and his wife have hosted the family gathering for many years now. As my bride and I were waking up she asked the question that she always asks around the 7:00 am hour. “What are we going to be doing today?” Replying to her question I stated, “We’ll go for coffee, probably eat dinner at the Senior Citizens Center and then pack…..
Growing up in western Minnesota the first turkey I ever saw was on Thanksgiving morning when our mother lifted the cover off of the broiler pan and there a plump, brown, featherless turkey appeared. Two large drumsticks protruded above the bird’s body and usually resulted in four siblings fighting over who would make a meal of one of them. Little did I know that thirty years previous to the l950’s wild turkeys would have been rambling through our fields and…..
Holidays are exciting! Family and friends gather to visit, watch football, play a few games, drink favorite beverages, and sometimes struggle to put the thousand piece puzzle together before departure time arrives. But for myself my favorite time of the holiday gathering occurs after the hugs and good-byes have been exchanged. As the last vehicle pulls out of the driveway and even though I’m still mildly stuffed from the amazing celebratory meal I sneak out into the kitchen and instead…..
I was very young when I first discovered my love affair with cranberries. You would have to journey back with me to the early 1950’s to understand how it all started. As the holidays were approaching the cranberry farmers in our neighboring Wisconsin were knee deep in the cranberry bogs harvesting the cranberry crop. As Thanksgiving approached the store shelves were piled high with transparent bags of cranberries. Each fall my Mother faithfully purchased a bag and brought it home to officially start the holiday season. …..
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