Happy Thanksgiving All, Logs have been on the fire all week, we had 1.5-2" wet snow last Sunday. Down to 20 the last two mornings (here in the sunny South-NC) Hope everyone is doing well and their Turkey is in the oven (no comment). Ours just hit the heat and is larger than usual as our house is (as has been the case since I married Robin some 17 yrs ago) the meeting/eating place. Her parents, bro and sis with families--and my oldest son and family and my two other sons, Robin and myself, and lest we forget Molly-our four legged dau. Makes for a great though cozy get together. My parents live the winter in Fla and summers in Upstate NY (Gen T. RUGGLES haunts) my brothers are one in NJ-in civilization and the other on top of a mountain in Warner, NH. Besides Turkey with STUFFING, there are mashed potatoes with Perkins' gravy, butterbeans, collard greens, pork roast (the favorite of her grandfather SNIPES who passed away a year ago) cornbread, biscuits, PECAN pie, choclate chess pie, carrot cake, and all the other little things for the table. I miss my mom's Apple pie (I just do not like minced meat but everyone said hers was the best) and my grandmother Perkins cold baked navy beans. I have tried to duplicate their works but they never turned out the same. Maybe it was not the recipie but the company and the cooks that made the difference. I miss all those who I can no longer spend time with and the things that we used to do. I remember the good times and the not so good. I can still hear their voices and see their faces, I hope they were able to do all that they wanted to do in their lives. I am thankful for all that I have been graced with, for all those who I have met, for all those who have taken the time to say hello or stopped to stay a while before moving on. To all of you and yours, I send best wishes for a great day of Family things. God Speed Bill