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I’ve got Handel’s Messiah blasting. The stuffing’s now cooking (in water baths in oven) after lotsa chopping and sautéing. Somehow managed to make enough to fill both a 9x13 pan and an 8x8 pan, despite cutting the recipe way down. 🤷‍♀️ Leftovers for days for the win!

As far as I'm concerned, this and next month’s feasts celebrate family and friendship. Nada to do with religion or pilgrims. It’s cool enough nowadays that cooking for hours helps heat up the house nicely. It smells amazing in here, too. The BF's doing well enough to get back to arts 'n' crafts projects. Feeling quite pleased in my little At Home bubble.

Rain's expected, but I may get out for walkies later anyway. We shall see. Still want to make cranberry sauce and do the rest of the dishes. I try to clean as I go, but sometimes there's too much going on at once to keep up. Taking a hot tea break for a bit right now.
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*deep sigh*

Sooner or later (but not far along enough in the future as far as I'm concerned) a Dear Friend will die of cancer (or something related). It's gonna suck. IT = [livejournal.com profile] jaylake's death and the whole process leading up to it

In the meantime, all I can really do is try to be there/here/around as needed, to take mind(s) off the horribleness, to provide moral and logistical support as needed, blahblahblah Part of this though is making sure I keep MYSELF in good shape (emotionally, spiritually, physically) so I can be around for others w/out needing too much from those who need my help.

Thank goodness for having a good solid, wide support network myself. Times like these one needs a deep bench; luckily I've got one. Phew!

Got out this afternoon for The Last Unicorn w/Q&A by Peter S Beagle at the Hollywood Theater in Portland w/[livejournal.com profile] jaylake and B aka The Child. 'Twas a good experience.

Now: more laundry and list-making and packing for Thanksgiving (& Bonus Dickens Fest) in the Bay Area. Looking forward to seeing fambily 'n' friends and reconnecting and eating well andandand

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