Thanksgiving!

Just a little reflection on Thanksgiving. So much to be grateful for! Today, I'm going to be picking up a pumpkin pie, painting in my studio, walking in the woods with dogs, thinking of my wonderful friends and family, going to a meeting at 8 pm with someone to get her 60-day chip, and then eating that pie (all of it? hmmm) with that new sober buddy! A perfect little day.

Because I like to anthropomorphize, I gave my dogs some yummy beef on top of their kibble this morning.

If I could be two places at once, I'd love to be in Auburn with Mom, Porter, Elsa, Chhanseda, John, Bentley, Davis and the rest of the crew there. Or in Palm Springs with Jan! Or in San Diego with Gardner and Joel with a visit to Stacey and her sis, or Jacksonville with Iris and Shirley, or the Bay Area with Tom and Laura with a skip over to Helga, Jane, Max and Sofia, or Boston with Fred and Susan and Rachel and Ian, or Oakland with Molly and Noreen or Napa with Molly and her kids and then over to see Scott and Kim then to Sonoma to see Nicole and her clan, or London with Jill and Claire or Petaluma with Nancy, Dave, Joe, Amy, Jazmyne, Kyle. I feel very rich just typing this list, and I'm sure I could go on and on.

Where's my time machine? :)

Grateful to be sober 20 years, to have a job with a boss I truly like and trust and learn from, to have Someone to pray to when the news gets really scary, to have dogs who force me to get outside and exercise, to have the support I needed to finally go vegan this year (after wanting to for a long time), for a supportive and inspiring art community here in Austin, a big cache of art supplies and books to get me through just about any recession, for the ability to keep seeing new connections, for high speed Internet, Taco Deli and the Furminator.