I’ve been reading clippings (mostly from the 1940s and 1950s about Abraham Lincoln) that came down to me from my great aunt Amy, including the backs, some with social notices like that – a fascinating look at another world.
Oh, ja, that’s one of the real reasons (see The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg for a good list with that and others, I think roughly halfway through the book); here I was just referring to Garrison’s joke. &8-{)
Ascension Lutheran Church, Cheyenne, WY is hosting a shared Thanksgiving Eve service (I go to St. Paul LC) with pie as part of the service. Should have some interesting insights. Later learned that the youth group we share – kids their age and a bit younger – is making pies for it.
I’m thinking pralines.