It’s a beautiful, sunny, cold-but-not-too-cold Fall day, and I just got back from a short towpath ride, down to the old boat club and back, about fourteen miles in just over an hour. Conditions were awesome. There were quite a few other people out too, and we all exchanged Thanksgiving greetings as we passed — just a beautiful way to start the day!
I got to ruminating about Thanksgiving, and what I was grateful for. In no particular order:
- I’m thankful for my health!
- I’m thankful that I have the hobbies and interests that I do (biking, computers & maps, music & the cello, among others), and for the pleasure I take from them.
- I’m thankful for our home — our house, our neighborhood and community, and our town and the area where we live.
- I’m thankful for the friends that I have.
- I’m also thankful for my family.
- I’m especially thankful for my new granddaughter, Iris, and for the fact that she and Emmi and Kyle are all doing so well.
- And I’m grateful most of all for having Anne in my life.
Anyway, I’m listening to the annual playing of “Alice’s Restaurant,” and we’re going over to John & Donna’s for a Thanksgiving dinner in just a few minutes — we’re having another dinner for Anne’s family on Saturday. So Happy Thanksgiving!
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