After what has been a most unusual year leading up to the election, we sit down with family and friends to enjoy the ultimate American tradition. In sharing the day with others, enjoy the food, be thankful, be optimistic, watch football (instead of CNN), and don't talk politics.   Happy Thanksgiving.

I am in paradise.

  Rona has the food covered from her blog yesterday.  Today, I want to talk about traditions for your Thanksgiving that are not food related.  For years, we went around the table saying what we were thankful for.    

For the first time, in a very long time, I am hosting family and friends for Thanksgiving.  For weeks, I have been planning all different menus in in my head.  

Many know my love of music and even of my preference among artists. Sometimes it permeates my work. My all-time fave song, All Right Now, dates back to when I was 14 going on 15.

Half of all Americans rely on Facebook for their news source. Unfortunately it has been used as a political tool this past election for spreading falsehoods and lies.   Facebook had fired their newstaff roughly 6 months ago so the social platform's news streams were unfettered and exploited. Fake news was published and displayed on individuals media streams right next to legitimate news sources such as the Wall Street Journal.  

Joanne went to a Film Festival last weekend and left me home alone with Charcoal.  Home Alone:  The prospect was alarming and sad.  I anticipated a pretty lonely experience only highlighted by feeding and walking Charcoal. However, things began to look up when I asked my 2 teen aged grand children if I could take them to dinner and a date was made and we went out Friday night for Sushi.  Yum.  I shared sushi for two with grandson Jackson.

Here's how it was related to me: Flo was having a manicure a few days after the election. Her conversation with Maggie, her manicurist, was disrupted by the loud one-sided cell phone conversation of another patron. (Yes, the salon requests that cellphones not be used.) Flo and Maggie were discussing the results of the election. Since Maggie lives in an immigrant community, the outcome was of special importance to her. The customer, who finally ended her "advice column" conversation, turned to Flo and angrily said "Would you stop talking?