For this edition, I’d like to take a break from the format and leave you all with a little holiday poem I scribbled this morning. I was going to write down some great recipes for vegan and vegetarian treats, but I found this more appropriate. If you have any good recipes that went over well from the holiday, please feel free to send them to me and I’ll post them next week with your name and any comments you would like to make. May your dinner be plentiful, your celebration be joyful, and please take time to give thanks to the many blessings we have all around us. I thank you all for reading these articles and for all of the great feedback. May this poem be appropriate gratitude.

Thanksgiving Prayer

As we reflect on this day, what do we reveal

A reunion of family, a giving of thanks and a meal

Or is it oppression, and the many resources we steal

The land that was taken, the remorse we may feel

A turkey is carved and you think of its pain

Eat fruit out of season and you think of the strain

The workers who provide the plenty seems to be the same

As Abel out in the field and you feel like Cain

But remorse need not have to be regret

For if you live with the earth, shall we not forget

Let us give thanks for nobler pursuits

To look ahead to the future and plant some new roots

Next week we will be back with our normal format. Until then, enjoy your holiday. This is the note from the Urban Homestead.