It's Thanksgiving in Shanghai!
And the nearly 20 million people we live amongst here neither know nor care.
It's a bit odd to feel that you have a holiday when nobody else does. Of course, I've been out of work since July (sabbatical is spelled U-N-E-M-P-L-O-Y-M-E-N-T for me), so essentially every day is a holiday for me. It might feel more like Thanksgiving if this Thursday morning were a bit quiet, like a Thanksgiving morning usually is (trust me, it's not here). Or if the Macy's parade was being shown on TV (trust me, it's not here). Or if the weather was still as cold today as it was last week here when we were under the influence of the "Siberian Express" weather system (nope, it's low 60s F, sunny, and dry). There's no turkey or yams or pumpkin pie in the oven. Turkey is very rarely encountered here (we've never seen it for sale in any market — even the ones catering for expats). Pumpkins are, and sweet potates are, but there's also no oven, and I don't think you can credibly make a pumpkin pie in a wok. We are going to have our Thanksgiving dinner today with the University of California Education Abroad students that Miles is teaching at Fudan University. And we are going to have it at a Howard Johnson's over near Fudan. There are actually quite a few HoJos in Shanghai — including one right across the street from us on Yan An Road. We are not too sure where they are going to get the turkey they are promising to serve. I just hope they don't serve us duck labelled as turkey (I'm allergic to duck).
To cap off this post, here's one third of a projected three movement Sonatina, fresh off the press. You'll get the remaining movements as I finish them. The .m4a (for iTunes) is here; the .mid (for QuickTime) is here.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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