tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528772695426793441.post3464090781096557370..comments2023-10-23T08:08:48.631-06:00Comments on what a cup of tea: Thanksgiving Our WayLELANDA LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007493781222383380noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528772695426793441.post-68610543647784653492012-11-22T15:32:51.393-07:002012-11-22T15:32:51.393-07:00Lauren+,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I, too...Lauren+,<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I, too, am staying home on Black Friday and its encroachment on Thanksgiving Thursday. At this time in my life, I feel like I've consumed as much as I'm capable of, and I'm trying to unlearn the American pastime known as "recreational shopping," which is truly countercultural in the U.S. today.<br /><br />LelandaLELANDA LEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007493781222383380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528772695426793441.post-65209664075535771832012-11-22T14:16:50.342-07:002012-11-22T14:16:50.342-07:00Lelanda, I so appreciated the story of your father...Lelanda, I so appreciated the story of your father and his making sure that you experienced an "American Thanksgiving." I have always be a bit uncomfortable with Thanksgiving because it has a tendency to make far too many assumptions about family, about eating, about all kinds of traditions that can be hurtful. But a young man at the physical therapy place where I was doing PT yesterday was bemoaning that Madison Ave. has hi-jacked even Thanksgiving by making it the day before Black Friday. I am boycotting Black Friday as a gesture of my rebellion against Madison Ave. Muthah+https://www.blogger.com/profile/10589837671378205837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528772695426793441.post-31399934666821452602012-11-22T13:27:00.063-07:002012-11-22T13:27:00.063-07:00Ann,
I appreciate your understanding, and I appl...Ann, <br /><br />I appreciate your understanding, and I applaud your family's vegetarian family gathering, even though we're not vegetarians. I think one of my great thanksgivings is for my father and his ability to teach even as he was also caught up in his own story. I imagine my kids will say something similar about me after I'm gone. I suspect that's part of the human condition, and we can't help ourselves even when we try really hard to be conscious and conscientious.LELANDA LEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007493781222383380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528772695426793441.post-64340061972737734482012-11-22T13:22:11.717-07:002012-11-22T13:22:11.717-07:00Such a sad story -- and I have been surprised at h...Such a sad story -- and I have been surprised at how many have made fun of our vegetarian family gathering this year.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.com