Thanksgiving – b.rox

I was searching high and low for turkey drumsticks. They’re normally available in most local stores, but suddenly, the weekend before the holiday, we couldn’t find them anywhere. We visited seven groceries. Plenty of whole turkeys, turkey breasts, turkey thighs, ground turkey — but no drumsticks. Finally we found them at Rouse’s on the second […]

A photo I took in 2005 was recently used to spur a collaborative writing assignment. I have no idea where the class was even located. I only found this through Flickr’s referrer logs. The students used EtherPad to collaborate, allowing me to see the final product. Here are their instructions. As a group pick one […]

Today I’m giving thanks to so many people who have given me so much over the past year. To all of my co-workers, for helping me develop professionally to better accomplish our mission. To my fellow FOLC board members, for tirelessly pursuing our shared vision for a new greenway in New Orleans. To our neighbors […]

If you’re in range of WTUL you will of course want to listen to Big Al’s “Ballads to Baste Your Bird By” tonight from 6-8 PM. It’s a New Orleans tradition going on ten years now. You can listen online too. In the same spirit I offer the following mix to get you in the […]

It took me a while to get around to scanning this photo/art from the girl’s daycare. Better late than never, yes?

Today we gathered with friends and family — well, really it was just our little minimalist nuclear family and our friend James. We thanked Dame Fortune for the health of our new child, for all our friends, and for gainful employment in these grim economic times. We had a fantastic meal. I made the smoked […]

After the culinary fiasco of 2004, I approached this year’s Thanksgiving with some trepidation. My confidence was not bolstered when Xy finally read the creme bruleé recipe and asked the following immortal question: What’s an egg yolk? I couldn’t believe she was serious, but it turns out she’s never separated an egg before and couldn’t […]

I’ve gotten the staining done. It took four days of solid work, plus a half-day of touch up this morning, not to mention a day of dicking around prep work, but it’s done. Next step: varnish. I hope the varnishing doesn’t take as long. I’ll get started on that tomorrow. I’ve got three days before […]

Xy picked up this bust at a yard sale around the corner a couple years ago. Recently one of our feline boarders knocked it off the shelf, and it broke into three easy pieces. We were surprised to find Greek newspaper inside the neck. Did it come all the way from Greece? Don’t know. But […]

Xy flew up to Indiana to visit her family. I stayed here in New Orleans because, frankly, I had enough of Indiana during my evacuation to last me a while. I think this is the first Thanksgiving Xy and I haven’t spent together in thirteen years or so. Nevertheless it was a festive holiday. I […]

We went out to my parents’ house for an early Thanksgiving meal. I got a chance to see my sister and her family for the first time in years.

I’ve been skeptical of Thanksgiving for years. There are two conceptions of Thanksgiving which seem to be etched into my mind from early childhood: The idea of giving thanks to God, and the idea of unbridled gluttony. Pilgrims, Indians, the whole historical thing — not so much. To me it’s always been about God and […]

It’s Rachel taking a smoke break in front of her house in Baltimore. Xy is wearing a scarf Rachel knitted for her. But who took the picture? I don’t think Rachel’s arm can reach that far. Maybe it was Benn. Maybe it was me. I don’t remember.

Tag: Thanksgiving

Thanx*10

Collaborative Story Assignment

Giving Thanx

Thanxgiving Premix

Happy Belated Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

Smoked Turkey Legs with a Satsuma-Honey Glaze

Thankstaining

Unbusted

Editor B Gives Thanx

Fauxgiving

Worst Ever?

Xy & Rachel Give Thanx