Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for November 26, 2015

Get lost, foie gras…

Rose should have put it up higher so the goose couldn’t get it.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Childhood Thanksgivings

At five AM my mother startsTo roast the turkey brownShe wonders as she cooksIf there’s enough to go around

The china that’s kept out of reachIs brought out for the dayWhile waiting in my Sunday bestI’m careful at my play

The extra leaf is added onThe tablecloth is spreadThe forks on left, and spoons on rightIs what my mother said

The relatives start to arriveEach with a little treatAnd finally, at half past 3We all will take a seat

Adults sit at the table largeUs small ones have our ownWe say we can not wait untilWe all are also grown

The grown-ups’ wine, kids’ ginger-aleIs poured and passed aboutThe turkey and the fixingsHave all been taken out

Everything looks wonderfulI’m thinking with a sighWe bow our heads and give our thanksLike Thanksgivings gone by

And as I sit and think a bitOf Thanksgivings beforeI’m thankful for those gathered hereAnd thankful for much more

© “Amalthea Celebras” K.C. Fahel 20 November 1991

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you south of the Canadian border!

After you. I hear a nice fat goose is good at Christmas.

LadyKatAnd a belated October 12 to you north of the line.

Uh oh! Happy Thanksgiving!

This just reminded me that I hadn’t refilled the bird feeder yet today. Going to do that now…

Bandusia15That was the one for belated greetings. Do you really think we just celebrated on the fourth Thursday but not November 26?