There’s something magical about a parade — standing on the sidewalk in anticipation, flanked by fellow parade-goers in a tangle of low-rise lawn chairs, the scene mirrored across the street. In the distance, you hear the rhythmic tapping of drumlines warming up and short bursts of scales from trumpets and trombones. Crowd chatter builds, carried […]
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Sharing a Sense of Belonging at Our Holiday Tables
In the Pacific Northwest, November holds the place between the radiant golden hues of fall and the wet gray scale of winter. With it comes the official entry to the year-end holiday season and its annual themes of gratitude and generosity. Nostalgia arrives as well. As it’s nearly impossible to go about the present preparations […]