Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello everyone,
Today we must not be Disaffected, but rather, affected. I hope you all have a joyful day, even if you’re not American.
All of you who read and watch and subscribe to Disaffected—you’re at the top of the list of things I’m grateful for. Losing a job, then having a house flooded, all while being un-employable in “respectable” America, made for a pretty grim time.
But I get to make a show with Kevin because you’re interested. What’s more, so many of you dug into your pockets for a *stranger* and made it possible for me to reclaim a flooded house and have a place to live. If I go on about it anymore I’ll start tearing up.
Thank you, one and all.
Later today,
Right now, Mina and Shredder are on the bed, thinking the best part of the day is over since they’ve had their Fancy Feast.
What they don’t know is there’s a dish of organ meat and giblets in the fridge for their Thanksgiving.
I’ll share my table. Tell me yours in the comments!
-Turkey with traditional stuffing and five assloads of Bell’s Seasoning
-Mashed potatoes and gravy
-Scalloped corn casserole
-Garlic and lemon shredded Brussels Sprouts
-Biscuits (usually I make Fannie Farmer’s Parker House Rolls from her original cookbook, but I’ve allowed myself one housewife failure this year)
-Apple and pecan pie
The 1971 Zenith console stereo is out, and the Charlie Brown Christmas LP is ready to spin. Light snow is on the lawn, and the giant kerosene lamps are going.
I wish you all Thanksgiving love.
I can't wait. I'm so grateful you get off on doing the big modern dad/50s housewife thing. I like making fancy dinners for two, but Thanksgiving Dinner is so intimidating. It is a lovely thing to have cut ties to a destructive past so thoroughly that we get to have good holidays with real friends and real connection. And Imma give Shredder some scritches and Mina some treats!
I think we’re all grateful to you and Kevin for creating and fostering this “kuhmewnidy”.