Instead, we made a small pot of our traditional "Hoppin John" with canned blackeyed peas, canned collard greens, a few fresh root vegetables and smoked turkey. It turned out very well indeed and we enjoyed it. Sheila also made a blueberry pie from scratch. It was delicious. As much as we enjoyed the fancy cruise line food it was good to have home cooking again.
We usually have friends over on New Years Day but this year we ate alone. That was fine. It was a dark, cold, windy day and it would have been trying for our normal partners in crime to have gotten out. But, the spirit of the celebration was there in full force, thankfulness to the Good Lord for a sturdy roof over our head, a warm fire, good clothes and nourishing food on the table. And, despite the small size of the celebration it was indeed a Happy New Year.
