Giving Some Thanks

I composed this on Thanksgiving night.  It isn't writing so much as a "thankful" list.  Very simple, and true.

What am I thankful for in 2020?

The obvious.  I am thankful my loved ones and I are alive and well.

I am thankful for healthy food

I am thankful I survived covid and without complications, while maybe getting immunity

I am thankful my parents have been safe, and my relatives, and my friends

I am thankful I was able to move to the lake from NYC in the pandemic and to live in the cabin, and live eight months in the camp

I am thankful my parents did all that work to prepare it and keep it going and pay the taxes

I am thankful they went along with my plan to live there until November, possibly even Thanksgiving, and that water pipes didn’t freeze, and our pump still worked, and we got firewood.

I am thankful for views of the lake in three seasons, and sort of four with the snows and freezing temperatures in early spring and late autumn

I am thankful for technology to make connections and various entertainments possible in this time where we are without normal human interaction

I am thankful I have been able to continue teaching my class with so many positive people I am very lucky to speak with, even see here and there

I am thankful dad repaired my canoe after pulling it from the lake five years ago

I am thankful for being able to go canoeing so much

I am thankful for kayaking

I am thankful for hiking, and for all mountains which made it possible

I am thankful for creativity, writing, imagination

I am thankful for having and reading so many books

I am thankful for being able to watch television in the cabin

I am thankful for kind neighbors

I am thankful for employers giving me Listening & Speaking for so long

I am thankful for students who have requested keeping me as their teacher

I am thankful for being able to use the car to go to the forest to teach and ride home

I am thankful for the improvements we made on the camp over the years

I am thankful friends visited me

I am thankful organization makes complexity possible

I am thankful for the farm, forests, fields, ponds, brook

I am thankful for mind enhancers in all ways

I am thankful for women who bring joy

I am thankful for having so much opportunity to see the stars

I am thankful for waves and their sounds

I am thankful for sitting by the fireplace, or on the beach

I am thankful for the dock

I am thankful for the rain keeping the water level high enough to use a pump

I am thankful for having an island to canoe to, and that night with the fireflies and leaping fish

I am thankful for the warm blankets, electric ones, couch, chairs, tables, and having many rooms so I wouldn’t need to work or relax in the same room where I slept

I am thankful for getting away from the traffic and construction noises

I am thankful for escaping from having so many roommates

I am thankful for having functioning transportation to go to mountains

I am thankful for America voting to evict the current president

I am thankful I am living life in a way I enjoy well into my 37^th year amidst here

I am thankful I’ve been able to really enjoy such tasty food and all the other pleasures

I am so thankful for being able to listen such beautiful music whenever I want

I am thankful to explore so much new music

I am thankful for electricity

I am thankful for water

I am thankful for clean air

I am thankful for the modern civilization connecting life to produce what bliss we know

I am thankful I get such enjoyment

I am thankful I have a brain, heart, courage, strong body with creative imagination

I am thankful my voice works

I am thankful I can see the world’s wondrous beauty

I am thankful I can hear the music of the spheres

I am thankful my nose works scenting magic

I am thankful my taste buds deliver grace

I am thankful my feet and legs and toes help me walk

I am thankful my arms, fingers, hands help me touch and feel

I am thankful for my nervous system

I am thankful for my circulatory system

I am thankful for my respiratory system

I am thankful for my endocrine system

I am thankful for my digestive system

I am thankful for my excretory system

I am thankful for my skeletal system

I am thankful for my muscular system

I am thankful for my reproductive system, unit, balls, and orgasms

I am thankful I have skin

I am thankful I have hair

I am thankful I have shelter

I am thankful I have clothes

I am thankful I have money and ways to get money to exchange for goods and services

I am thankful I have a degree, from an Ivy League institution at that

I am thankful I have licenses, such as a driver’s license and passport

I am thankful I have health insurance I have barely used

I am thankful I have a job I enjoy where I get control over what we do

I am thankful I have a working car

I am thankful I have my laptop and places to store files

I am thankful I have a new phone to replace all others

I am thankful we have better faster internet

I am thankful for so much abundance

I am thankful for constant availability of nature

I am thankful for so many great news sources and information sites

I am thankful for amazing television shows

I am thankful for musical artists, whether old or new

I am thankful for all the writers who educate while somehow entertaining

I am thankful I get to live this incredible journey

I am thankful I’ve traveled on so many adventures to become stronger, more confident, with various great experiences, lessons, stories, joys, people to love

I am thankful I know many ways to use letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, pages, ideas, wisdom, language, knowledge

I am (most likely) thankful I know you, if I do

I am thankful for battles won

I am thankful there is a 2021