I am thankful for many gifts in my life this year:

• My spouse and family most of all
• My friends
• ISME and my friends and colleagues there
• My mind, health, spirit
• My work, my research, my writing, my teaching
• The ability to travel to conferences
• My trip home this past summer
• Marching with Occupy Portland and Occupy Philadelphia
• All the Occupiers everywhere
• Books
• Music
• God
• Good students
• Stories of vampires, space travel, aliens, magic, love and sacrifice, growth and redemption
• My comrades on this blog
• You
• The Native Peoples who first walked this land we call America
• Cold water to drink, hot showers, tea, mochas – especially iced mochas
• Life

God bless