Just to clarify, I have nothing against Thanksgiving. I just don’t see the need to celebrate the fall harvest by eating an ugly bird.

For the record, here’s what we had for our Thanksgiving dinner: green salad; pork loin with roasted potato, onion, and garlic; sesame-ginger asparagus; squash; pumpkin pie (how did that sneak in?); and pavlova.

I got a free pass this year, but I think Bronwen will exercise her dinner veto next Thanksgiving. She prefers the traditional turkey and fixin’s. I’ve got 364 days to develop an appreciation.