Wow, it slipped right up on me. The preparations yesterday should have clued me in, but with things going on, including a pretty interesting discussion over at Holly’s NorCal Cazadora blog, the day arrived with little fanfare.
Yeah, Thanksgiving!
Not that it’s a huge holiday around these parts. It’s a day off, and a time to enjoy friends and family and to feast in a way we seldom do during the rest of the year… and to take stock of all the things we’ve got to be thankful for. Sure, the jaded and cynical may think this has become a trite and abused ritual, but come on! Life is a blur of pointless experience if we can’t stop and recognize the good things we’ve got.
That said, I won’t sit here and try to list everything I’m thankful for… mostly because the list would take all day and I’d still leave stuff off. Life has been good to me, and while I’ve definitely been served my share of downers, there’s an awful lot of good in it too. Not the least of that good is the blogosphere, and the good people I’ve met through this little vanity press environment. It’s been a great experience, and I’m looking forward to the continued growth of my circle of friends, virtual and real-time.
So I wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving, and hope your own lists of “things to be thankful for” are as long as my own.
Happy Thanksgiving Phillip. Hope ya had a great day.