Thanksgiving

I'm thankful for a) not being a peasant in late Imperial Russia, b) my acceptance letter from Tuebingen which finally came today, and c) the Tales of Beedle the Bard release party that I bought tickets for today. And of course, all of you :)

Here's what my Thanksgiving feast looked like:

Mmm. And to the right, you'll see my dinner guests -- books on Russian peasants for the paper I was working while I ate.

The dessert spread. These cookies were no pumpkin pie, but they were mighty delicious.