Happy Thanksgiving From Tosca
It’s nearly Thanksgiving and I'm getting my Cornish hens in the crock pot for my (dare I say famous?) stuffing and buying up all the cream of portobello mushroom soup at Trader Joe’s for the requisite green bean casserole.
I'm also thinking of all the people in my life I say thanks for every day—you among them. I may or may not know your name, and we may or may not have ever met in person, but there isn’t a day that I don’t sit down to work that I am not in awe of your presence in my life. So thank you for that gift, for reading my books, and for going on each of these adventures with me. I recently summed up my thoughts in this post for "Dear Reader" online. It is my heart in a nutshell: http://dearreader.typepad.com/dear/20...
Two new, very different projects have been taking shape on my desk, the first of which will be wending your way next year—a new thriller unlike any I’ve done before. It’s been a lot of fun and… it even has a bacon appearance in it. A veritable bacon cameo. (So we all want to read this now, right?) Never fear, vegetarians: it also has vegan food in it. No, it’s not a cookbook, but you know me—even my fiction is packed with food.
Meanwhile, the holidays are hard for so many. If you’re struggling this season for whatever reason—a death, a divorce, depression—please know I’m thinking of you. I’ve been there. And in a time when everyone’s happy on TV, it’s rough. Please be kind to yourself, give yourself good food, good sleep, and the gift of doing something you enjoy—or just a much-needed nap. There’s no right way to celebrate the season, and I believe God comes to us where we are. I pray for you peace, my friend—this season and in the New Year to come—and the knowledge that you are not alone.
So what am I doing with those Cornish hens anyway?
My step-grandma used to make the most fabulous Thanksgiving stuffing (and, if we were lucky, she made in on Christmas, too). She’s no longer with us, and so, given that I used to single-handedly eat half the pan, I took it upon myself to continue the tradition. Find my recipe here: http://toscalee.com/blog/
I'm also thinking of all the people in my life I say thanks for every day—you among them. I may or may not know your name, and we may or may not have ever met in person, but there isn’t a day that I don’t sit down to work that I am not in awe of your presence in my life. So thank you for that gift, for reading my books, and for going on each of these adventures with me. I recently summed up my thoughts in this post for "Dear Reader" online. It is my heart in a nutshell: http://dearreader.typepad.com/dear/20...
Two new, very different projects have been taking shape on my desk, the first of which will be wending your way next year—a new thriller unlike any I’ve done before. It’s been a lot of fun and… it even has a bacon appearance in it. A veritable bacon cameo. (So we all want to read this now, right?) Never fear, vegetarians: it also has vegan food in it. No, it’s not a cookbook, but you know me—even my fiction is packed with food.
Meanwhile, the holidays are hard for so many. If you’re struggling this season for whatever reason—a death, a divorce, depression—please know I’m thinking of you. I’ve been there. And in a time when everyone’s happy on TV, it’s rough. Please be kind to yourself, give yourself good food, good sleep, and the gift of doing something you enjoy—or just a much-needed nap. There’s no right way to celebrate the season, and I believe God comes to us where we are. I pray for you peace, my friend—this season and in the New Year to come—and the knowledge that you are not alone.
So what am I doing with those Cornish hens anyway?
My step-grandma used to make the most fabulous Thanksgiving stuffing (and, if we were lucky, she made in on Christmas, too). She’s no longer with us, and so, given that I used to single-handedly eat half the pan, I took it upon myself to continue the tradition. Find my recipe here: http://toscalee.com/blog/
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