I've lost track of how many times I've said I'm not amazing this past week

There was no post last night because I was too involved in my book. Sometimes good books take precedence over writing. Plus, I'm kind of done with talking about myself at this point. In the past week there have been four print interviews, one TV interview (for three minutes which is just silly), and one radio interview. Yesterday a newspaper photographer was here for a portion of the afternoon. Tonight was a Q&A that the director had set up. I'm sure you'll understand why I felt the need to retreat into my book. I'm really glad it is a riveting book, too.

What is it? The political thriller, State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hilary Rodham Clinton. I picked it up at the library last week on a whim. You all know how much I love Louise Penny's writing, so I was curious. It is exciting and a bit terrifying and extremely well written. I highly recommend it. Unless of course you are particularly enamored with the 45th president, then I'm not sure you would enjoy it very much. Anyway, if you enjoy a well-written, exciting read, I highly recommend it. I plan on finishing it tonight, both because it's good and because it is due tomorrow (it was a 7-day loan book). 

So what am I doing when not hobnobbing with the press? Working on my count down list to Thanksgiving. This afternoon's activity was cranberries. G. made the cranberry-orange relish and I made cranberry sauce.


I actually made 8+ pints of cranberry sauce. Don't you love the color? A few of my children adore cranberries and can eat their weight in cranberry products. I wanted to be sure I had enough. L. had some on toast as a treat after I was done. 

Tomorrow is rolls, which D. is going to do while I deal with table linens. The cooking starts in earnest on Wednesday, because... pie. Isn't that what Thanksgiving is all about? And with that, I'm going to head back to my book. I have no idea how it is going to end.
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Some documentary-related items. 

Here is another article in the Presbyterian Mission publication.
Our little stint on Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons on WBEZ.

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