Echols: Thanksgiving traditions for the modern family
Priya Parker’s book “The Art of Gathering” recommends starting every feast with a topic, such as “The Good Life.” Over the course of the feast, everyone must give a thought/story/idea about what they think makes up the good life. (Matthew Mead/AP file)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“The modern American — me, included — can barely sit through a wheat-harvesting description without checking her phone for something a tad more interesting.”
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