Thanksgiving 2000, Panama City, Florida (roll 1)
- But first, some scenic shots of downtown Salinas, California, home of John Steinbeck and the National Steinbeck Center (shown here in full glory)
- The pastel dream of California gingerbread Victorians
- The National Steinbeck Center up close, with me squinting into the sun (mrm)
- Me (mrm) relaxing on my sister's couch in Florida. Who are the LOSERS? The American electorate ...
- Ozzie, the mysterious and tiny and silent and invisible cat, eats dinner after all.
- Mom busily writes email to Mali in Austria
- Dad and Linda confer on doubtless another shopping expedition to Home Depot
- Dinner at Andy and Kelly's: Mom, Dad, Gary, Linda, Andy, Kelly
- And one more again
- Dad keeps track of the election news -- this is the tense period after the election and before the Supreme Court ruled that W. is to be our King
- Dad displays a remarkable lack of respect to the Talking Head on CNN
- Mom concurs.
- But life goes on, and Linda chops, and Mom offers advice
- We gave Linda a hard time for not composting her vegetable scraps. We shamed her into it -- here she is, composting away.
- Linda got carried away. Not only did she dump the scraps into the pile, she got out the shovel and had at it.
- Gary puts together a joiner for his woodworking shop.
- Dad in Gary's amazing woodworking shop/outbuilding.
- Linda sets the table for Thanksgiving dinner.
- Dad, Gary and Linda get ready to carve the turkey.
- Mom and Dad pose on Thanksgiving Day in Linda and Gary's dining room.
- Dad starts to carve the deep-fried turkey, with advice from Linda
- Dad carries on with the task of turkey carving
- Mom and Dad demonstrate how to heap dinner on a Thanksgiving plate
- Dad and Gary fall asleep after Thanksgiving dinner
- And Linda, bless her heart, cleans up after all of us
Last updated 26 December 2000 by Marianne Mueller