We had two long tables almost full, and a day of food, music, knitting, swordplay,\u00a0 talk (LOTS of talk),\u00a0 and beautiful weather.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In honor of Anne McCaffrey,\u00a0 I had changed the table decorations to include horses, more green, and a large bowl (standing in for the cauldron of plenty in Irish mythology) instead of a wicker cornucopia.\u00a0\u00a0 We toasted her life, achievements, and influence in mead brought for the purpose by one of the guests (he made it, which was even more special) and those of us who’d been fortunate enough to meet her or work with her told Anne stories.<\/p>\n
Guests were enormously helpful since (thanks to the many interruptions\/distraction of my usual pre-T-day prep schedule) I was behind on a number of things while trying to get the food out on time.\u00a0\u00a0 I was very thankful for helpful guests.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Our old friends with whom we’ve done T-day for 40 years now are used to helping (and Ruta took over as director in one house while I was making the spinach casserole in the other) but it took more than four people to get the feast out on time.<\/p>\n
Due to the distances traveled (three couples came from the north side of Dallas, at least 200 miles)\u00a0 most people left before or just after sundown, with fewer leftovers than we tried to foist on them.\u00a0 (No matter–that’s what freezers are for.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The turkey remains (other than the sliceable chunks) went into the big stockpot, which I’d started earlier with onion, garlic, carrot, celery, etc.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It simmered all night, so sometime today I’ll get up the energy to deal with it.<\/p>\n
What are writers thankful for?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Readers.\u00a0\u00a0 Booksellers, who connect readers to books.\u00a0 Editors, who (usually) make books better.\u00a0\u00a0 Each other (the support of other writers helps.)\u00a0\u00a0 Family and friends and a chance to gather.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And more, but that’s enough for now.\u00a0\u00a0 (There’ s more cleanup to be done, stuff cleaned yesterday to be put away….)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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