Pumpkin Pie, Reinvented

The recipe highlighted here is quite good - it really does garner, "I don't like pumpkin pie, but I like this" reactions - and it's easier to make than it initially might appear. I might try a graham cracker crust instead of a regular pie crust next time. But really, if you're gathering recipes for next Thanksgiving, it's one for the file.

An Ineffective Protest?

As we were driving to my in-laws' house for Thanksgiving dinner, we had to brake to avoid a wild turkey that suddenly flew in front of our car. It had been at the side of the road with a second turkey that, one would hope, had been clucking the equivalent of "Don't do it. Not only is it dangerous, what self-respecting turkey plays chicken?"

Strangely, if you tell people that you stopped on the way to a family gathering for wild turkey, some of them get the wrong idea.