Overheard ...

Gathering snippets of conversation or thought “overheard” …

This week’s subject … “Thanksgiving (The Holiday)”

Here is my collection from one day … Contribute your "overheard," especially alternative views of this interesting holiday.

Thanksgiving Sampler 2016
             Voices from Thanksgiving week

- Is your wife cooking for Thanksgiving?

- I bought an eleven-pound turkey.

- Sometimes we have barbeque—one time pulled pork.

- Are you going anywhere?

- He always buys his Thanksgiving meal at Boston Market.

- We would eat twice—once at her parents, once at mine

- Look on your phone for how to thaw out a turkey

- Tamales—Thanksgiving AND Christmas

- Any plans for Black Friday?

- How not to fight at family gatherings

- She’ll be flying down from Portland this morning

- Macy’s is opening at five PM today

- It was the first day we knew for sure that he was gone

- I’m going over to Emmy’s house this afternoon

- We are eating early—her fiancé has to work in the afternoon

- I was so frazzled about the apple pie

- He’s driving up from Boston—should be here by one

- I messed up the first batch of deviled eggs—I had to start all over

- My attempt at gluten-free banana bread came out like bricks

- The turkey got done too early

- Want a beer? Some wine?

- This cranberry sauce is really good

- She and a friend are going to Cocos for lunch

- Pass the mashed potatoes please

- After we eat, we’ll walk around the lake

- My mother would make gravy out of the drippings

- Want to take some of the mashed potatoes home?

- This evening we’ll have another piece of that pie

Links to interesting Overheard sites:
http://cargocollective.com/laurajdavies/Overheard-Poetry
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11/18/overheard-haiku/
http://laist.com/2016/10/23/overheard_in_la_my_soulmate_does_no.php

©2016 Frank Kearns