Dear Bobby,

i hope you work up the courage to ask your neighbor if she is free Thanksgiving so the two of you can go out to dinner. you can't lose anything by it. there is no shame in asking. if she's not free she will assume you'll make plans with someone else. ask early... like now.

the store that sometimes carries ethnic goods on certain weeks had another special where they have cheddar cheese. i went through half a slab in two days. i am hoping they come up with cranberry something or other for Thanksgiving too.

even though it isn't celebrated here, we often vaguely observe it with turkey something if i am home to eat, which i will be this year. if i have the energy maybe i can actually cook a semi-traditional meal. they are a bit bah humbug about the thankfulness bit i have us do at the table, so i might have to muster some courage too.

love

~ waves ~