Howard Zinn was the voice of those who were denied a voice. He spoke the truth in a world that is in fear and denial of the truth. He taught us that the things we were taught and the pablum we were fed in school were lies! Those with his kind of courage and honesty are now rare and rapidly becoming extinct in this now predatory corporate/fascist U.S. He will be missed. Every thinking American should read “A People’s History of the United States”.
Thanksgiving was approaching. I was in my mid-teens – maybe 16 or 17. I remember my mother saying, “I’m not cooking a turkey this year – I’m not going through all that trouble”. What? No! This can’t be. How can you have Thanksgiving without turkey and oyster dressing? No leftovers to make sandwiches for the week. I asked her, “So what will you cook?” She said that she didn’t know yet. This was just not right. I thought that even if I were to get invited over to friends for dinner, it wouldn’t be the same. Nobody makes oyster dressing like mom, except for my friend Greg*, but I didn’t know him back then.
*Greg uses a whole gallon of oysters and about two pound of pure butter. It is rich and unbelievably delicious! My mother uses Extra Virgin olive oil instead of butter – and hers is pretty unbelievable too.
