A part of a RealReporting.org/Newslanc.com series
This Thanksgiving I arrived late for family dinner. It was dark by the time I got to my brother’s house, cars filled the street and driveway, and everyone had already gathered inside.
In the family room several of my uncles and brother-in-laws sat around the TV, watching football. Kids ran around on the carpet.
The women — my sisters, mother, aunts and sisters-in-law — sat around the table chatting in the dining room.
As always, with my family, it was a complicated meal. Over the years, many in my family have changed their eating preferences. Some had also changed their political parties, their religious affiliations, even their gender identification. There’s a lot to keep straight. A holiday dinner with my once-traditional Catholic family today means traditional Thanksgiving food, as well as vegan, vegetarian, and even kosher dishes…
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I found the article that Bill Keisling wrote on Six Decades of PA’s Governors of great interest. Looking forward to the follow up reports.