Hello on Thanksgiving Day

Dear Friends

We had a pleasant day at the Brodeur home on Wednesday. It took several hours of chopping and dicing before I was able to take a nap.
The side dishes, which will be served at the Thanksgiving Table, will have texture to them. The mashed potatoes and turnips (which only two people like) are the only vegetables that you could consume if you had a teeth issue.

The first set of guests arrived on Wednesday around 3 PM. By the time that we chatted, had munchies, and eventually sat down to the pre Thanksgiving dinner, there were 10 people at the table. When supper was over, including dessert, I decided to watch some sporting contests. A few minutes after I sat in a comfortable chair, I proceeded to fall asleep. My snoring didn’t wake anyone up because the room that I was in was away from all the action.

Yes, I did get into a discussion of politics by asking one question. I didn’t even mention the word Democrat or Republican, Obama, Hillary, etc. I asked two of the guests, who are in their late 20’s and early 30’s, who they voted for in the Presidential Elections. This is all that it took to get a political conversation going. These two male guests are the sons of the only two Republican voting people at the dinner table last night. The other guests, who will be arriving after 11AM this morning, all voted for Obama. I can feel a political discussion once again, but maybe I will let someone else get it started.

A friend, who lives in a town just outside of Pittsfield, narrowly escaped from his house being blown up. It was one of those Propane tank explosions. The fire marshals are surmising that there was a leak in the basement, and the gas built up. A flick of a light switch is probably all that it took to set off the explosion.

Didn’t you just love the story of the guy in Leavenworth, Kansas who tried to steal an ATM Machine with a stolen fork lift? He uses the fork lift to dislodge the ATM machine from its location. He decides to drop the ATM machine down a 50 foot ravine with the hopes that it would open up. The thief is so dumb that fork lift tumbles down in the ravine and lands on top of the guy. The ATM, and the man both survive. The thief will be spending many years in the Fort Leavenworth Federal Prison.


Just before we left the Berkshires, there was a letter to the editor in our local newspaper about the joy of having a Toufu Turkey. The person was also touting the Vegetarian life style. Thanksgiving just wouldn’t be the same without a real Turkey.
Even the first setters to this continent had meats and vegetables on their tables.

The one, non militant vegetarian, who was supposed to be joining us, would have been impressed the many vegetable oriented side dishes which we prepared for her and the rest of the guests. She decided to stay in Washington, D.C. to study for some tests which she has early next week. She is studying to be a doctor.


Well, what can I say, it is Thanksgiving Day. In a few short hours the 27 pound bird will be going in our friend’s convection oven. There is nothing like the wonderful smells which will be permeating the house in no time at all. Toufu just doesn’t seem to have that same effect. I am stuffed just thinking about how stuffed that I am going to be.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving. If you have to be on the roads, drive carefully.
Try and make that warm and fuzzy feeling last all year long.

Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad