tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post998720013231686867..comments2024-03-27T20:22:42.005-06:00Comments on light-in-leaves: Random Thoughts, Thanksgiving EditionMarilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-80480535585931674632014-12-01T22:15:28.068-07:002014-12-01T22:15:28.068-07:00I never comprehend or notice much of anything. To...I never comprehend or notice much of anything. Tonight, for example, four of my six children managed to slip out the back door (breaking a rule) to go caroling (in the dark--breaking another rule) without permission (yet another rule broken). Then they caroled at my door and I found out most of it. They sounded heavenly but got a much deserved talking to.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301232211779225287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-88081858799759693432014-11-28T19:14:31.615-07:002014-11-28T19:14:31.615-07:00Melissa: my mom cooked the turkey this year, but w...Melissa: my mom cooked the turkey this year, but we have brined before—but how did it work for you? I never achieved quite the level of perfection with that method that I was led to hope for. I really still haven't perfected turkey cooking at all.<br /><br />Nancy: I was thinking about your Summer as I wrote this, actually. I was thinking, "I wonder if Nancy's Summer makes her feel differently?" :) Fall is the worst offender, I think, and I have tried to call it "Autumn" instead—but it just feels weird to me to call it Autumn. And I know people named Autumn, but none named Fall. So, I don't know, maybe context is the only way to distinguish. It's not like we use sentences like "I had a nasty fall" (Fall or fall?) that often anyway. Although you might say, "I had a lovely Summer" and cause confusion. :)Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085334272613025173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-72092919999622976872014-11-27T21:32:58.452-07:002014-11-27T21:32:58.452-07:00I was so certain seasons should be capitalized, th...I was so certain seasons should be capitalized, that, for years, I was happily, innocently and also . . . ignorantly capitalizing away. When I discovered my error, I was horrified. Partly because I was embarrassed I'd been doing it wrong, of course, but also because it seemed so wrong to let months and weekdays all be capitalized and then turn and call seasons too general to capitalize. Especially in UT where our seasons are so very . . . well, what they are.<br /><br />But then I named a child a season, and found, more than I might have guessed, people getting confused for a moment about whether I was speaking of Summer the person or summer the season; and I, who had capitalized incorrectly for so much of my life, found myself self righteously thinking, "Come on, people, I used a lower case!" Now, I find the non capitalized seasons have become quite useful.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-30811297460929400532014-11-27T16:24:13.919-07:002014-11-27T16:24:13.919-07:00We had a baby in a bucket last night as well. We b...We had a baby in a bucket last night as well. We bought the bucket for brining the turkey. Were you brining?<br /><br />I also had a similar thought while I was putting our turkey in the oven this morning. How many people in the country are doing this same thing this morning? But I didn't think about all those people throughout history. So I only felt a large sense of community spirit and not a "one with the ages" sort of thing. <br /><br />Also, the very tiniest bit of me is guilty of being glad we didn't miss your pre-Thanksgiving dinner after all.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211852596545213364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1836198539158358199.post-1745160163338560002014-11-27T13:00:08.220-07:002014-11-27T13:00:08.220-07:00That is such a cute picture of that baby,and, that...That is such a cute picture of that baby,and, that bunnyAbrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614869373621560395noreply@blogger.com