While the yummy aroma of roasting pork wafts, our daughter arrived with her dog Brady! He’s sweeter than honey, and where she goes he goes. He’ll sit right there while she and I tear the bread and grate the potatoes and knead the dough and roll the balls and plop my Mom’s favorite German family recipe into a pot of boiling, salted water. When those dumplings are done, they’ll float to the top like old memories of holidays steeped in treasured traditions. Happy New Year!
