THANKFUL?

For the first time in my entire life, I face Thanksgiving with absolutely nothing to be thankful for. My devastating personal problems and increasing health issues have destroyed any semblance of hope or gratitude.

I'm not in the mood to feign a saccharin list of phantom blessings that don't really exist.

When I go to bed at night I fervently pray that I'll never wake up.
When I wake in the morning I cringe at the thought of having to face another day.

But you don't want to hear this.
And I don't blame you.

I'll keep the secret agonies to myself and take them to my grave.

Change of subject-
miscellaneous diversions

I had planned to make the dreaded long journey to town this week.....but health issues and the thought of facing pre-Thanksgiving shoppers was incentive enough to keep me home. I'll try to go next week.

As for Thanksgiving, I'll make due with what I have at home. This includes a large pork sirloin roast, sweet potatoes, green beans, homemade bread, and homemade soup.

A thick hodgepodge soup, which I made with chicken, corn, and noodles. I really wanted to add carrots and onions - but I'm all out.

I also plan to make a strawberry rhubarb pie and possibly pumpkin bread.

I yearn for the distant days when I had family and friends to cook for. I enjoyed making elaborate meals.
Nowadays it's just me and my cat Bosco, ensconced in the unforgiving wilderness.

I admittedly started baking again - after a pathetically long hiatus - and I'm surprising myself with my (humble) creations. I made a cherry pie last week. It didn't exactly look perfect but tasted delicious. I found a simple recipe for pie crust and it was really good.

I'll have to learn how to properly crimp the edges of the pie. My clumsy efforts were pitiful.

I baked my very first loaf of homemade bread and it was perfect, surprisingly delicious.

I made tortillas for the first time, and they were the most challenging to do. You have to roll the dough as thin as possible. Mine were (slightly) too thick.
And I couldn't exactly make them round. I had square tortillas, octagon tortillas, and alarmingly abstract tortillas. But they tasted very decent and I used them for burritos.

One of my nearly round tortillas in progress. Each side only has to be heated for about a minute.

Later......

Is today Wednesday? I think so. I just made a strawberry-rhubarb pie from scratch. Just took it out of the oven. When it (finally) cools I'll eat a piece and save the rest for tomorrow.

My strawberry-rhubarb pie. It doesn't look perfect, but I couldn't care less. I'm the only one who's going to see it.......and you.
But you're too polite to laugh.......

Weather Report

Rain is predicted for Thanksgiving. And Black Friday. And the upcoming weekend.

Question:

Does Black Friday sound racist?

What if it was called White Friday?

Blessings and Peace,   Jon