Collar City Brownstone: Thinking About Thanksgiving

Here we are at the end of October. I know that in Canada the Canadian people celebrated Thanksgiving this month. In America, we are preparing to celebrate thanksgiving next month. I love this time of year when everyone is preparing for two of my favorite holidays. The photo above of a wild turkey is to honor the bird, not to entice you to go out and buy one to eat on Thanksgiving. I had my last Thanksgiving turkey last year. Earlier this year I committed myself to eating vegan, so no more turkeys for me.

These days I am thinking about my thanksgiving menu for this year. I am just now starting to search online for vegan thanksgiving foods to prepare. This is a very special thanksgiving this year because I believe in the Mayan prophesy that December 22, 2012 begins a new Golden Age. Therefore, this Thanksgiving would be the last one before we enter into a new age. I like to believe that this is true and so in celebration of the new age, I say farewell to the age of man and hello to a higher consciousness. That may seem silly to some people, but so be it. Personally I am thrilled and excited.

The first Thanksgiving took place in October of 1621 when the Plymouth Colony and Wampanoag Indians shared a bountiful autumn harvest. It was president Lincoln who in 1863 made Thanksgiving a national holiday to take place every November. In 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt declared the fourth thursday of November to be Thanksgiving day.

I the early American kitchen look and the warmth that emanates from them.

Lovely autumn table setting.

I love to use Indian corn for decorating during this time of year.

A pumpkin and acorn cornucopia adds to the look and feel of the season.

Homemade cranberry sauce is the best kind. I grater oranges into mine. It makes the flavor pop with a sweet zest.

As of right now I am not in the mood for baking this Thanksgiving. I will check out the local vegan bakery and see what they offer. I have to have my sweets.