Happy New Year to you all, and if you’re in the neighborhood, I’m serving black-eyed peas (with bacon seasoning), and you’re welcome.

Miss Piggy — Snackcercise from The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show, a one hour ABC television special that aired on September 17, 1982.

Here’s my little story about a gift and a Christmas project.

(All the photos were taken by my partner Mr. B – and he made the project too as you’ll see.)

This December is the 2nd Anniversary that Mr. B’s folks have been living in an assisted living facility. The place is great – and we love the staff. They’re all quite nice and have been very helpful with the parents.

We wanted to do something nice for them, but don’t have a lot of money. There’s also the problem if you give something to one staffer, but not another…you get the idea.

The Swedish Chef and Big Bird — Christmas Dinner from A Muppet Family Christmas.

Happy Thanksgiving! Who’s frying the turkey?

Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving. Story and pictures by Dav Pilkey. Video narrated and created by Stephanie Kostuck, Alissa Brink, and Danielle Rotering for a class project. Music by Billy Haden and the Country Keys Turkey in the Straw.

Time for more austerity!

And, of course, that economic panacea Texas – as asserted by Rick Perry – leads the way.

My Mommy tries to get me to eat cantaloupe but I hate it. It’s the same color as yummy sweet potatoes, but it tastes nasty. Now it looks like I have a reason not to eat cantaloupe.

Huckleberry Hound in Barbecue Hound. This Hanna-Barbera cartoon first aired on January 29, 1959.

There’s a farm outside of Stockholm, Wisconsin — a jewel of a Mississippi River town just an hour or so from the Twin Cities — that does something I don’t think any other farm in America does.

Every Tuesday evening from March to around Thanksgiving, from 4:30 to 8:00, they turn their farm into a pizzeria, complete with brick oven.