[Blindtlk] happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[Peter Donahue]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the Donahues,

    It was a joyous Thanksgiving here in South Texas. We spent the morning 
watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. My nephew picked us up this 
afternoon to take us to the ranch where my niece and her husband live. This 
Thanksgiving will go down in history in our family as the first time we ate 
our Thanksgiving Dinner outdoors. They set up a long table and another table 
for the food. We enjoyed great food, fellowship, and shared with each other 
why we were thankful for what has happened in the past year. Mary and I led 
the grace. She sang a verse of "We Gather Together" followed by a prayer 
that I recited.

    Lee and her husband Jason prepared two turkeys. One was fried and the 
other roasted over coals in an outdoor roaster. That turkey was yummy but 
the fried turkey wasn't bad either. We had the usual Thanksgiving trimmings 
including cranberry sauce, mashed and sweet potatos, green bean caserole, 
dressing, gravy, and for dessert we had ice cream and pumpkin pie.

    It was a feast under a sunny South Texas sky on a grand scale. Eating 
outside with the wind blowing, birds chirping, and hearing the sounds of the 
livestock on the ranch made for a peaceful setting to enjoy our national day 
to give Thanks. Here's hoping all of you had similar Thanksgiving 
celebrations to remember. Now it's on to Christmas.

Peter Donahue