Wednesday, November 25, 2009
No cooking for me either
It's going to be a different Thanksgiving for us this year. I wanted to make sure that Deborah and Jasmine weren't sitting home moping, but they didn't think they were up for a sit-down family dinner like we did last year without Michael. So we're going out for dinner. Seems odd and extravagant and very un-Moir-like, but, hey, whatever works, I guess. I'm trying hard not to obsess about how much it's going to cost (I could make one fabulous dinner at $32 a head) and, as my friend Brennan advised, think instead about all of the people who worked to make the dinner possible: the seed savers and the farmers and truck drivers and prep cooks and chefs and wait staff. Not to mention the poor turkey, which I'd better not thin about at all if I want to enjoy the dinner. If we really think about any of the food we eat, there are so many people to be thanked. And I am thankful for being one of Gus and Bill's kids, for the gift of family that they gave us. Love to you all and don't eat too much.
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Ya done good, She...sometimes, as my friend Ed says, ya just throw money at it! Here's the Buddhist thought that you must know that you fulfilled: We venerate the Three Treasures, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha and are thankful for this meal, the work of many people and the sharing of other forms of life. Only problem, no leftovers!!!
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