This Thursday my mother is having her cousins Jan Pedersen and Butch Delano over for lunch. She's planning on having pork roast, cole slaw, biscuits and mashed potatoes with gravy. I went out to her house today to help her do some decorating and bake cookies. She has a kind of kitschy miniature Christmas Village that she puts out every year, although it has diminished in size in recent years. After finding all the pieces, she was tired so I set it up for her. Then I baked a few dozen chocolate chip cookies with walnuts. Food glorious food!