Happy Thanksgiving!

My daughter's handiwork

I am happy to be spending Thanksgiving Day at home, cooking up an embarrassingly large quantity of sumptuous food for a fairly small number of family members and friends, and looking forward to enjoying everyone's company later in the day.

I am thankful for family and friends
for art and music, and especially the cello
for the natural beauty of the land and sea
for warm smiles and hearty laughs
for love, and hugs and kisses all around
and for this huge pile of ultimately rewarding work
that I must buckle down and catch up with
while that turkey is cooking.

I wish you all the joys of the hoilday.