I’m not a big fan of the traditional turkey Thanksgiving dinner.
It might be that because as a child we usually had steaks for Thanksgiving dinner.
My father hated poultry.
My mother happily agreed to this break from tradition, knowing that roasting a turkey + making all the trimmings was WORK– while grilling steaks, making a salad, and mashing potatoes was about as EZPZ as a holiday meal could get.
Also, we never, ever had pumpkin pie.
My mother despised it so she usually made a lemon meringue pie.
That was her favorite pie.
And me, little Ally Bean? I liked whatever the grown-ups decided to give me, so whatever Thanksgiving meal showed up was [and is] cool by me.
In fact, if you’re all about a traditional turkey-centric, carbohydrate-ful Thanksgiving dinner every year, then enjoy.
But if you’re a little more loosey-goosey [so to speak] about what you have for Thanksgiving dinner, then you might be, like me, a Turkey Day Outlier.
Care to ‘fess up about your preferred Thanksgiving Day dinner in the comments below?
Most of the time when I write here I have something specific to *blah, blah, blah* about, but today all is well.
BUTTERFLY IN ACTION
So instead of manufacturing a faux problem to blog about I’ll share a few photos of a pretty butterfly flitting about, with purpose and intent, on our butterfly bush.
BUTTERFLY CLOSE-UP
I believe that sometimes it all comes together and the best thing to do is to appreciate it. Like I’m doing today.
To wit, I always liked having a blogroll, but a few years ago I realized that keeping an up-to-date blogroll had turned into a monthly chore. Bloggers were coming and going from my blog, and the blogosphere, like it was a revolving door.
So instead of putting up with the aggravation and extra work required to keep my blogroll current, I decided to not have one anymore.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE POINT of this particular blog post.
Who knew so many wonderful people were following The Spectacled Bean? Not me, that’s for sure.
So as a way of expressing my appreciation for the gift of your attention, I give you, my gentle readers and kind delurkers, the following list which is as close to a blogroll as I can muster.
Many thanks to everyone. You’re the best.
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My List Of Blogs Written By People Who Know How To Delurk When Asked To Do So
Practically Wise“Musings & Meditations From An Aspiring Matriarch”
reading interrupted.“because reading also involves the way your head rests on your hand as you lean over a book, the damp mark you leave on a page when reading in the tub, or being interrupted by a”
