This year most of us are vaccinated and it was a two family feast with 21 of us plus Max, the Conway puppy, all hosted by the newlyweds Dan and Alex at their lovely home near Walkill, New York. Dan and Alex gave the feast a theme of indigenous foods--which included the 20 pound turkey, cranberry relish, beans, rice, and pumpkin pie.
Susan made her traditional rolls. Last year she dropped some off at our apartment and talked Laura through baking them on her own. This year it was great to enjoy them together. Alex's dad made a cranberry sourdough bread giving credit to Dan who taught him how to make sourdough bread. Katie made a chocolate pie which apparently is a traditional recipe from her boyfriend's family. I made a sweet potato-cranberry-walnut dish plus fudge which as often happens turned out to be spoon fudge. Still tasted good however!
Before dinner there was football and frisbee throwing in the large yard behind the house at the foot of the Catskills. Some of us stayed inside and enjoyed our cider-bourbon cocktail, the same recipe from the wedding celebration. A rainbow came out to bless our gathering.I asked Ruth to read a Thanksgiving psalm, Psalm 100, and Alex's dad read the same psalm in Spanish. Jim gave a grace but only in English he said! I was gratified to hear that the older cousins all remembered when it was their turn to be the family psalm reader. At this point, there are still two younger ones to await their turns. May we be blessed to hear that offering in future years.
The Conways and Princeton VKs headed home after dinner. Jim and I spent the night at the Harvest Inn in Pinebush, a seven mile country ride from Dan and Alex's home but not as far on dark roads as home would have been.
We arrived home before noon today after easy travel. We are very happy to be home for a while now after travel to Texas and New York in the last week.
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