Woman's World November 21, 2022

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 THANKSGIVING Celebrate in style! Add autumn flair to your Thanksgiving table with a simple but stunning DIY centerpiece featuring pumpkins and seasonal flowers! To make: Slice the bottom and top quarter off of a medium-sized fresh or faux pumpkin to create a flat surface; set on a 10" dinner plate. Next, stack a 6" dessert plate on top of the pumpkin and add a small pumpkin to the smaller plate. Pour a thin layer of water on each plate, then snip stems of red and white seasonal flowers, like dahlias, chrysanthemums and snapdragons, to 2" to 3" and arrange on plates until covered. JOKE OF THE WEEK My boss told me to have a good day… so I went home MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 PUMPKIN PIE DAY Slice of heaven What makes pumpkin pie even better? A…

AUDIOBOOK Feel inspired & have a laugh with Lauren Graham! Be charmed and surprised by beloved Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham’s latest book, Have I Told You This Already? in which she combines her signature sense of humor with her down-to-earth storytelling in a collection of personal essays. She shares stories about her life and career—from her days as a waitress in New York City and her job at a legendary department store to her attempts at navigating the rules of Hollywood hierarchies and trying to age gracefully in the business. Hear it at Audible.com on November 15. CW Warm your heart with A Waltons Thanksgiving! Travel back to 1934 and reminisce with the Waltons as they celebrate Thanksgiving in this new made-for-TV movie. It’s also time for the Annual Harvest Festival Fair with its…

• The first presidential turkey pardon was issued by John F. Kennedy in 1963. • The patent for the process of evaporated milk was issued to John Meyenberg in 1884. • Mattel received a patent for the Barbie Doll in 1961. The true inventor is John Ryan, a designer who worked for Mattel. • “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John was the #1 song on November 21, 1960, and stayed at the top of the charts for 10 weeks. • Aladdin hit theaters in 1992. Disney creators based Aladdin’s appearance on Tom Cruise, and Jasmine’s on Audrey Hepburn.…

Fiction COZY MYSTERY Peril in Paris by Rhys Bowen Intrigue, hints of danger and fun meld in this whodunit following pregnant Lady Georgiana Rannoch after she receives a letter from her friend Belinda. Georgiana’s husband, Darcy, suggests they go to Paris to visit Belinda while she works with Coco Chanel. Darcy then asks Georgiana to retrieve something from an attendee of Coco’s show as part of his work assignment. But as chaos ensues, she’s left to find a killer and save the day! ROMANCE Better than Fiction by Alexa Martin This charming, laugh-out-loud love story stars self-proclaimed “book hater” Drew Young, who has just inherited her grandma’s bookstore, the Book Nook—and she’s in over her head. Then she meets bestselling author Jasper Williams at his book-signing event and the duo connect in a way Drew only believed happened…

“Good evening,” 20-year-old Benjamin Hulleburg greeted visitors, staff and volunteers as he crossed the St. Mark’s Hospital lobby. For the past two years, the Salt Lake City machine operator had felt called to volunteer in the NICU, running errands, making phone calls and sometimes cuddling a tiny patient—his favorite part of the job. It’s like comforting a little part of myself, he thought. Benjamin had spent the first three days of his life in a NICU with jaundice and breathing problems. Then, on Thanksgiving morning of 2001, his birth mother, Holly Shearer, only 15 at the time, placed him in the arms of his new mom and dad, Angela and Brian Hulleburg. But as Holly gave thanks that her baby boy would have the life she couldn’t give him, the heartbroken…

1 Fill up a ‘gratitude bowl’! If you’re planning a Zoom call with long-distance family members, ask them to write something they are grateful for on a slip of paper every day leading up to Thanksgiving, and place their slips in a bowl. Then have each person on the call pull out the slips from their “gratitude bowl” and read the items aloud as a reminder that there is so much to be thankful for. 2 Plan a love ‘potluck’! If you live too far apart to share a holiday dinner, host a virtual one! Instead of food dishes, ask each loved one to bring something that makes them smile. Whether it’s their favorite family photo, a cozy sweater their grandmother made or a handwritten recipe that has been passed down—share side “dishes”…