Happy Thanksgiving!

Image From my Urban (NYC) Terrace Garden
AS SEEN ON TLLG 11-18-10

Yesterday, on NPR's WNYC (the Brian Lehrer show specifically), there were a couple of segments regarding Thanksgiving, which were apropos, since it was after all, the day before Thanksgiving. In one segment, suggestions of possible topics of conversation to the sometimes awkward family Thanksgiving table were addressed; and, in another, emotional issues that come up in psychologist's or psychiatrist's office around this time were discussed; and, of course, there was "the listener call in segment".


The segments were your standard pseudo-intellectual and without much substance: WNYC's NPR fluff, perhaps done in an effort to be oh-so-cool regarding family and traditional holidays. Be that as it may, the segments are obviously warranted as it was NPR, and they undoubtedly know their listener audience, of which I am hardly your typical member. Having said all this, I'll give you the link so you can make your own determination — if you are so inclined — so please click here for the link to yesterday's segment; but keep in mind I am not giving it a "thumbs up" or a "LIKE" as "they" now say.

As for my impressions on Thanksgiving, I am a bit at a loss as to how they belong in today's entry on TLLG. I have been severely bitten by the nearly poisonous "branding bug" — the how does it relate to you and what you do sort of bug —  and it has been somewhat detrimental in terms of my "normal" creative work flow. Besides this, as a blogger, writer and conversationalist, yours truly is not a fan of the "I" pronoun, for I (there it is already) am not someone whose comings and goings matter to the cyber-space world in terms of what I am doing or not doing on Thanksgiving — or any other day for that matter — as say Angelina Jolie, Demi Moore, Martha Stewart, or even some bloggers with a lot of followers are.



However, I confess that I used to subscribe to the belief that "memoir style writing" (a genre which I have been fairly good at producing), in terms of most matters, gave voice to those who could not articulate their thoughts and feelings by allowing them to be activated by the "I" pronoun of those who could.


Taking all the aforementioned into consideration, I'll share just a couple of Thanksgiving related things with you on this holiday: "Art", and a "Movie".  (Sharing a recipe is probably not an option for me: I despise shopping for food, preparing food, and sometimes even eating food; although to look at my belly you might not surmise the latter).


The "art" I am sharing is the following Black and White photograph, which is titled, Thanksgiving in Riverdale,

and was taken by yours truly at a Thanksgiving party, that I attended many years ago. I wrote about this photograph in a blog entry at the onset of this blog, and you may refer to the related post by clicking here. 


I am including this image in my entry today, in the event that you are spending part of your Thanksgiving in cyberspace (to avoid family arguments or get away from your NFL watching guests), with a "to do" idea, and that is to make up your own scenario about what was occurring during the moment in time captured here, in the photograph posted above, and then post it in the comments field below today's blog entry.


If the volume of responses to this "task"  warrants it, I'll ask my readers to take a vote, and the "winner" will receive some greeting cards which are designed by yours truly and that go beyond communication. (Please feel free to visit my ETSY store as well as the Card Shoppe Pages of my web-site, Patricia Youngquist Photo-Art if you'd like to have a sense of the value of this prize.)  


And the little "movie" I am including (below) is fun. It is a You Tube video of The Clangers, and, even though it is not Thanksgiving themed, it most certainly has some subliminal (and very sweet) messages about the meaning of this holiday.



That's it for today, dear reader, except to  wish you a truly blessed and happy  Thanksgiving, and, as always, I invite you to please weigh in with your thoughts, ideas and reactions. If you are new to posting this type of thing, you may click here for directions.