I began my teaching career as a long term substitute librarian in an elementary school. For the week before Thanksgiving break, the art, music, gym teacher and I planned to teach about Thanksgiving during our specified time with each class. I read a story by the Devlin's called Cranberry Thanksgiving; a story about Maggie and her grandmother's famous cranberry bread. That first year I did not make cranberry bread for the children to taste after listening to the story. I did make cranberry bread for the children to taste in subsequent years. And I am still making cranberry bread. 
Ingredients include raisins, orange juice, cranberries and the usual mix of flour, sugar, margarine and spices. 
As soon as the loaves cool, they will be wrapped. One to share at Thanksgiving and one for me!
Tonight is visitation for Joe Nuxhall at Fairfield High School. Joe has been a part of Cincinnati Reds baseball for the last 63 years; first as the youngest major league player in modern history and then as a longtime broadcaster on WLW-AM.
# posted by Martha @ 6:07 PM
