thank you

mom and dad
grand girlfriends
Lori, Amy and Diana
Josh. Jeff and Jon
Karly and Riley
Paul and Cheri, Nicole and Troy
Glenn and Shelly
Gram
Michael and Bill
Marilyn, Tom and Thomas
fellow writers and thinkers
Matt, Jerry and Peter
Tommy
Dean and Sophie
Peter
Dr Rachel
Amy and Jeff
Trishadeaux
WASHers
BOXers
Share group young women
and you many others who have been especially sensitive, merciful and kind

I AM THANKFUL FOR
my big back porch
the sky
my box
tejano music that drifts over the night air on weekends
my grill
steak
acorn squash and asparagus
cheese
the cool breeze of autumn
the rumbles of the trains
my home grown arugula
my veggie garden boxes
the reuse warehouse
my job
my steel tip boots
my new girlie jeans
tire tubes
my summer in Connecticut
and the drive to and fro
my truck
pen and paper
my camera phone
mouse traps and roach killing agents
gifts of opportunity I have been given in the art world

god's abiding love that is not based on me or what others think.

that's a start to who and what I am grateful for this year. I will add as it pops in my head because there is so much more.