True Thanksgiving: November 20-December 4, 2025
Since the next submission day would fall on a holiday, we’ll extend this assignment to be due the week after. People tend to romanticize the holidays. For this assignment, draw or otherwise create a picture that more accurately depicts how your Thanksgiving goes.
The Submissions:
Heart of Darkness (b. 1985)
Self-Portrait (or A Thanksgiving Table), 2025
Digital photograph
Always the last one to the table, always taking care of everyone else. Eating what’s left. Eating alone. Empty plates of the people who almost ate with me. Empty chairs of those who left before I ever appeared.
by Captain Quillard
I don’t know who these other seven people are, since it’s just three of us and the dog at Thanksgiving, but the food options are pretty dead-on.
Next Week’s Assignment:
Write a short, humorous essay (in the style of David Sedaris or your own favorite humorist) about some part of Christmas or the holiday season.