Gratitude. Appreciation. Praise.
It's Thankful Thursday, a weekly pause to express appreciation for people, places, things, and more. Please join me.
The world is big, my gratitudes many:
1.
searchers, seekers, doubters, thinkers
2.
honeycrisp apples
3.
sunny mornings
5.
socks
6.
the concept of "literary citizenship"
7.
daffodils in February
8.
cashmere
9.
kindness
10.
good wine for $10 (or less)
11.
this poem
12.
and this poem
13.
quiet
14.
soup (making, eating)
15.
finding my words in unexpected places (this and this)
16.
attribution (because giving credit is good, and, well, see above)
17.
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
18.
nuts, especially sweet
19.
this essay by Heather King
20.
blue skies (as weather and metaphor)
21.
the "good" family genes: wide smile, bright eyes, bleeding heart
22.
teachers who cared: Mrs. Allison, Mrs. Trembath, Stanton Englehart
24.
television with great writing/direction/acting: Treme, The Wire
25.
the films Robin Williams left us: Good Will Hunting, Awakenings, Patch Adams
26.
being useful
27.
moving in water: swimming, kayaking, paddleboarding, soaking, floating, gazing, lazing
28.
writers and artists who tell me their favorite books
29.
poetry in unexpected places: laundromats, hair salons, bars, alleys, telephone poles . . .
30.
a mentor-turned-friend
31.
letters, handwritten
32.
bubble baths
33.
secrets
34.
going to a party/dinner/event I don't want to attend, and having fun
35.
stretches of time to read unfettered
36.
libraries
37.
post office, mailbox, "real" mail
38.
Carnegie Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
39.
thrift and consignment stores
40.
books that get me energized to write (this, this, and this)
41.
deadlines and structure
42.
a haircut
43.
Powell's Books, because it shelves new and used snug together in a democracy of literature
44.
letting go
45.
long summer days
46.
young writers who grow up, move on, away, and then send me letters, postcards, rocks, cookies, poems . . .
47.
this explanation by Terry Tempest Williams
48.
endurance
49.
people with quick wit and easy laughter
50.
Dr. Teal's Epsom Salt Soaking Solution
What are you thankful for today?