Weather in the Tries:
Looks like we’re gonna be coved with clouds a couple days, and then Thursday, we get sun for a couple of days, then play hide and seek a day or two. Phone is subject to change, as is the weather. As I write this, it’s 33 outside. I’m Thankful I have a warm bed, a warm dog, and a warm apartment in which to be. There’s gonna be frost on the unpicked pumpkins this week. Brrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving:
Many, if not most, Indigenous Peoples do not celebrate this day. African Americans celebrate it but for slightly different reasons. It is, primarily a holiday for the Euro Americans. Truth be told, I think the day should be celebrated as a National Day of Gluttony, but no one listens to me.

I’m thankful for a whole lot of things—far more than things I’m not thankful for. My partial list of Thankfulness contains the above mentioned things, but also for Libraries who allow the homeless in to get warm, the restaurants who put their edible ‘leftovers’ out every day at the same time so the homeless/unhoused know to come and eat. I’m thankful for the internet, and the ability to use it, well at least sorta use it. I’m thankful for my plethora of friends, and those friends I haven’t met yet but know that I will. And I’m thankful for things like modern sewing machines, people who make quilt patterns, people who teach quilt patterns, and people who make fabrics and threads to use with quilt patterns. And restaurants and their workers and…well, you get the idea. I’m not thankful for wars, but am thankful for those who go to treat the wounded, report on them. I’m not thankful for diseases, but am thankful for those who develop meds, etc, to treat the diseases. And I’m so very, very, very thankful for groups like End of Life Washington. They do a tremendous good. (And my EBOC Thomas is turning over in his urn at all the ‘very’ used above! He’s raising his hands to cover his ears and groaning that he taught me better. I’m also thankful for memories.)

I hope you have an even longer list (aren’t you glad I didn’t list everything?) of Thankfuls as Thursday approaches. And do, please, remember those who may not have such a long list as you, maybe slip a few dollars in your pocket before you head out the door to shop for Auntie Lenora’s Winter Gift, offer a bill or two to a homeless person you see. That’s the bestest gift you can give Auntie Lenora this year. Oh, one more thing, if you haven’t already read The Wizard of Pigeons by Meghan Lindholm, please get a copy and read it. Oh, Auntie Lenora is gonna have a great winter this year!! Thank you, so very much!!

And, if you don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving because you’re Native American, or African American, or just don’t want to, you might like a poem by my EBOC Thomas, Hey Columbus! A copy is published by Tuesday Poem on Tuesday, October 29, 2013. If you go to the page, you can see and hear Thomas read the poem. The video is at the bottom of the page.

From the Paws of the Brave Dog:
Bet I won’t get pie, and dressing, or turkey. I’d whine, but I know I’ll get pumpkin and brown crunchy brown bits. I am thankful my human chose me out of all the dogs looking for a new home. She says she is thankful I chose to come live with her. 

Addenda:
And I’m thankful that although I didn’t have a life of sex, drugs, and Rock n Roll, I’m still looking down at the grass at my age—and though I may be on a diet I can still look at the menu—and Mick Jagger. Hmm, wonder when his birthday is…maybe I can call and sing him the birthday song. Yes? (not sure who sent me the meme below, but many thanks!)

And I’m sorry to be so late in publishing this post. I was busy working on some of my Winter Gifts and totally spaced that yesterday was Sunday! I’m thankful for a, a, … well whatever it is, I’m thankful for it.