For the time being, and it may be short, I appear to be in business. So best of the day to everyone. Thanks to Darby Wallace of Newport for a photo of a mature ginkgo in her hometown that does indeed, as she put it, beat my gingko. Lucky Newport.
I”m also sticking on the jump, for entertainment value, an e-mail that’s going around. I think it’s been going around for years, though it perhaps has been updated. It’s about a new line of Barbies tailored to Central Arkansas. If you don’t like broad generalizations and unfair stereotyping in the name of cheap humor, don’t look.
Us: Relish tray, turkey, cornbread dressing, sweet potato casserole with marshamallows on top, green beans, homemade (by me) yeast rolls, gravy, cranberry sauce, pecan and pumpkin pie (by Franke’s), red, red wine, son, niece, sister, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. All that’s missing — and it’s a lot — is a daughter. I hope everyone’s day is as good as ours seems likely to be. There is, yes, much to be thankful for.