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Mawkish sentimentality, more to come, and the hardest part

The Friday Pillar Post

Ed. Condon
Nov 24, 2023
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Happy Friday, friends,

I hope your Thanksgiving was a true day of rest and gratitude. 

For my family, it was a day of many, many meats, though the planned ostrich leg failed to arrive in time. Instead, we smoked a turkey, pork belly, and most of a cow — if that seems like overkill for a single family, bear in mind that my “immediate” family now runs to mo…

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