Joanna Gilman Hyde

0ctober 12th, 2026

Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia

2:00 pm

I could read, I could write:

last night was The Best Thanksgiving —

Canadian Thanksgiving —

I’ve ever been a part of.

I cooked for 2 days

for the 1st time in M(eye) L(eye)fe —

I made

The Turkey (breastside down

as Uncle Joe Hyde would have wished)

butt The Dressing of breakfast sausage,

apple, walnuts & white raisins

fell out

(butt Nobody cared.)

I made whipped sweet potatoes

w cranberries & maple syrup.

I made turnips w ginger stock

& brown sugar.

I made cornbread as an afterthought

& of course  a chocolate trifle.

I made 2 different quiches

for breakfast the next day

& Peak (Bless His Heart)

declared

the mushroom, cream cheese & shallot

was the best quiche

He’d ever had.