"I write what I know, just like anyone else, and while I don’t necessarily know what to make of the passage of time’s effect on my family and myself, or on that cluttering, chilly homestead, I am at least aware that it is happening, and that the fact that it is happening makes me feel something."

— I can’t decide which I liked more: David Roth’s Thanksgiving recipe, or the story kind-of behind the story.