Thanksgiving, Part the Seventh
Mamacita says: This painting by Norman Rockwell, is quite possibly the most well-known image of Thanksgiving that most people know.
I wonder how many of your realized that Rockwell almost always used live models, and that most of those models were family members. . . .
Happy Thanksgiving: Cornucopia
Mamacita says: The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, has such a wide, fascinating, and diverse history that you’ll just have to look it up for yourselves, because there’s not enough room here. I do love words, expressions, traditions, etc, that can be traced back to ancient mythology. That would be. . . let me see. . . almost everything.
Cornucopia.
This ain’t just your grandmother’s wicker centerpiece, y’all.
Now, git. Off with you. Go to Google and search for “cornucopia.’ It’s relevant.
Thanksgiving, Part the Sixth
Mamacita says: When I first saw this picture, I was a small child and all I could think was, “Why were this mother and son seated at the same table with roughshod strangers?” Because this seems so odd to me. I’ve only known one restaurant in my life that seated people with strangers during rush hour so it could serve more customers, and even though the food there was wonderful, I was so uncomfortable being required to sit with strangers, I seldom went there unless there were no other options for my schedule that day.
Now, of course, I can see the lovely lesson represented here. And I can also see that the artist has clearly shown us that even though people have different customs, etc, it costs nothing to show a little respect when someone does or says something we personally don’t practice or believe in.
Also? If we are truly thankful, we can have Thanksgiving anywhere.
