The year has begun to round out. Now, we as a nation, ceremonially give thanks over a ritual feast. But what are we to be thankful for exactly? Staggering unemployment? Mounting death tolls in a Biblical war with no beginning and no end? Degradation of civility and a multitude of freedoms? Dereliction of duty? Growing…
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The Allegory of Pecan Pie
When I was a little girl, my great-aunt Martelle lived on a hill in Mississippi. She had a huge pecan tree in the front yard which towered over the drive to the house. I remember rolling up the hill with my grandparents in my grandfather’s Buick, hearing the sound of pecan shells crushing and popping…