I’m making a very delicious miso squash soup and homemade applesauce both of which my Dad will be able to eat (he can’t really do solid food now).

That's the way.

Happy Thanksgiving, Buffistas. And continued {{{lisah}}} {{{smonster}}} and general ~ma to everyone and this place.

Cereal ceasefire: I just wrote to friends "Hamas and Qatar approve our [dependent on ceasefire] plans for tomorrow", and not in a tongue in cheek way.

This timeline is really weird, y'all.

(Starting 7am tomorrow, and hostages will start to be released on 4pm and I don't think I'll breathe until I see them back in the country).

Happy Thanksgiving! I am so grateful for all of you, every day of the year.

Lisah, I hope you can find meaningful moments on this difficult time. In my family we leaned on dark humor, but I don’t know how yours rolls.

Some easy breakup~ma, please. Trying to do the stuff exchange today. They don’t know I’m coming, unless they are reading my text messages, which isn’t out of the realm of possibility. If you’re here, R, hi! This is the awesome community that helped you out because I vouched for you.

Happy Thanksgiving, or yam sham, or Wolfenoot, or possible ceasefire, and/or Thursday.

Well, I had a whole conversation with my Mom about bringing oysters (my Dad’s favorite) and, if they did happen to kill him would that be such a bad thing? Would he maybe be ok going out that way? (We’re not actually going to bring oysters.)

{{{lisah}}}}

{{{smonster}}}

Our family Thanksgiving is in Memphis Saturday, so tonight I just got a couple of personal turkey dinners from a caterer and am having Mom over. It will probably be a better holiday dinner than the last-minute Chinese takeout I scrambled to get last year. (Which would have been perfectly fine for a non-holiday meal, I should clarify.)

Lisah, I hope you are able to have some good, quality family time.

smonster, I hope it's as easy as possible

Here's hoping the ceasefire leads to rapid progress toward a more tenable peace.

I just looked up to see what that loud engine outside was and discovered a fire truck in front of my building. They didn't use sirens so I'm going to presume there is no actual fire.

I made a frittata (with dandelion greens) for the first time this morning. I should've taken it off the heat a little sooner, but it wasn't bad. Later I'll do some salmon, wild rice, and roasted sweet potatoes.

Would he maybe be ok going out that way?

He shucked off this mortal coil!

Blue sky day in San Francisco. Matilda and her friend Mia asleep downstairs in the Garden Apartment. I'll have to wake them soon so they can do house prep.

ETA: They are up and want caffeine and food.

I've got the dishwasher running and managed to make coffee despite the eternal conundrum of How To Make It Before You've Had It.

Bird is brined. Spanikopta made. Cranberry sauce made. Stock is prepped. I'll get the spuds going then do the mushrooms. Get the bird in the oven. Stuffing. Mac and cheese. And that's it, basically.