Very Grateful for:

God’s affordances
warm boots
a morning conference call prayer group organized by a former student
Echinacea tea
The word “gloaming”
online libraries
ILLIAD retrieval services
finding my library card after its 2 month absence–such a relief not to nag myself about it anymore!
a sweater coat

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.” ~Calvin Trillin, whose birthday is today