The days are growing shorter and colder, and the sky has turned gray and bleak, and it’s Thanksgiving Day, and in the fine tradition of my foremothers, I cooked fat and starch. Not for anybody, though. My family gets together between the two holidays so we can concentrate all the stress on one day. Makes [...]

Usually I craft these blog entries, rewrite them, try to hone them so they make sense (except for the Trudy entries) but I’m behind so I’m just going to zap this one out so the people who are chanting in the background—yes, there are people on the JCF list who are typing “Blog, blog, blog,” [...]