i realize i have not blogged in november at all.  i will now offer a personal apology to the month of november.

Dear November-

I realize that years ago you got a leg up from Thanksgiving. That really was a big moment for you, and you really have FDR to thank officially for that.

Before then, you were just one in a long string of painfully cold months.  The inevitable buffer month before Christmas.  

You got the Pilgrims.  December got Jesus.  That doesn't seem fair, November.  

Well, I guess Jesus never had a ship...so...  But, of course, the Pilgrims could not walk on water. Hmmm...

Back to square one Nov.  

OK, you get election day.  I just thought of that.  You get to help change the entire construct of the USA. That has to be worth a lot, right?

And, you do indeed have Thanksgiving.  A day when people get together to gorge themselves for 1 hour on food that took them 2 weeks to plan for and prepare. That has to be worth something.

And, you always bring us the opportunity to see the Thanksgiving episodes of Charlie Brown, the Brady Bunch and Happy Days (as historically flawed as those might be).

So, thanks November for filling us up with gravy and  highlighting the relations between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.  I truly enjoyed making those cardboard Pilgrim hats in 4th grade.

Sincerely,