I wrote last week that we had invited the guys from Dare Challenge over to our home to share Thanksgiving with us.  (Note:  I received permission from each of them to post the story and pictures here.)  The day was great! And heart warming! And wonderful! In the midst of my happy (but frantic) preparation I had just one small cooking crisis when a glass…

Coming soon!  Pictures, stories (and even a video) of yesterday’s Thanksgiving Celebration with the men of Dare Challenge. For now though, here are a few photos of the Thanksgiving table.…

Once upon a time (about a year ago), in a kingdom far away (actually, our house), we  invited some friends (and their whole passel of children) over for dinner. Somewhere in the course of Our Festive Banquet, the Royal Table got bumped and a couple of candles that had burned too far down did what all self respecting candles do when jostled—they spilled their copious…

Since none of our extended family will be able to make it to Manteo for Thanksgiving, we have decided to once again host the men who live at Dare Challenge, a nearby residential substance abuse program. If you weren’t hanging out around Smithellaneous last year at this time, you can go here to read my account of Thanksgiving a year ago when nine men came…