On Gratitude and Gizzards

A List of Thanks that I have to give 

(plus one video to offer you the gift of laughing at me).

1) For Terrariums inside (yep, still really excited about them), for green moss outside that covers the cold concrete of my city like balm.

2) For the cold snap of November that chills my fingers and scratches my throat but makes me feel alive.

3) For hot tea in handmade mugs.

4) For two furry little kitty boys who know just when to snuggle up and offer the love, purring away to ease my mind.

5) For a studio space that is all my own, for painting, for writing, for thinking.

6) For healthy, beautiful relationships with family, with friends, with my husband.

7) For inspiration in its myriad of forms, that never leaves me.

8) For radiant heat, toasty on the frostiest nights.

9) For the crows whose harsh calls speak to me of melancholy beauty and the chickadees whose trilling songs bring a sly grin to my mouth.

10) For new gloves in a crisp hounds-tooth print.

11) For being a regular at the very best cappuccino stand in the city.

12) For my first gallery show in Seattle this year.

13) For take-out sushi and cheap steaming bowls of pho, and the conversations BC and I have shared over both.

14) For friends I have made in the last year, who have touched my soul, honored my moods, laughed at my jokes and celebrated my successes - whom I have still never stood face to face with.

Please PLEASE forgive me this terrible sideways video.  I spent far too long on the computer this morning trying to turn it right but only succeeded in removing all the volume - and believe me, the soundtrack is worth saving!  This was BC and my first time hosting Thanksgiving back in 2002 and believe me, I've come a loooong way!

15) Not having to prepare the turkey this year!

Ok, Whatever you eating, whoever you are sharing it with, I wish you the very most peaceful day of thanks and remembrance of blessings!