Good morning from my kitchen table, where a candle is casting its soft glow through the morning gloom and I have a hot cup of coffee at my left elbow. I’m finishing up my Thanksgiving grocery list before we pop down to the store to pick up the turkey I ordered last week and finalize the last of the produce that will feature on the menu. It’s going to be a simple meal this year, although most years the meal is fairly simple! I’m hoping we’ll get out for a walk or small hike perhaps at the coast before I set to cooking. Tomorrow I’ll bake the desserts; this year I’ll do a pumpkin-chocolate cake with pumpkin buttercream and a maple pumpkin pie.
