A DAY FOR THANKS

 

Dear George, 

I think I posted this same message last year (and for X number of years before that). But you can never have too many thanks. Here goes. 

Thanks to my parents, Vic and Doris, who provided a special family to grow up in, put me through Antioch College, and created Farm which all the subsequent generations are still enjoying. 

Thanks to my siblings — Vicki, Peter, and Steven — for all the happy times we’ve had. 

Thanks to Katja who is responsible for all the things that have been and are good in our lives. 

Thanks to Justin who has been a loved and loving son for over half a century now (so hard to believe). 

Thanks to our grandkids — Alex and Leo — who keep us in touch with the young generation. 

Thanks to our extended family of Werrins and Lundgrens who make us feel part of a grand endeavor. 

Thanks to many friends over the years — sources of fun, support, and affection. 

Thanks to the University and to CABVI which supported our careers and provided the pension funds that keep us away from poverty’s door. 

Thanks to our many doctors over the years, without whom we would have been in our graves long ago. 

Thanks to my teachers at Menominee High, Antioch, and Michigan who did their best to keep my brain operating. 

Thanks to OLLI classes at the University (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) and especially Advanced Poetry (as well as my writing group). 

Thanks to our many dogs — Heather, Jacques, Winston, Mike and Duffy, and Iko — remarkable sources of loyalty and happiness. 

Finally, thanks to a vast array of impersonal objects that have been significant in my life, e.g. the computer, Gemini (AI chatbot), mind games, Netflix et al., tennis, camping, postcards, motorcycles, thrift stores, etc. 

Love, 

Dave