I am grateful for the Mill Valley Public Library. They have given me so much joy… from the live story telling nights, to poetry evenings, books to read, books to listen to, books to buy… And tonight? I picked up a very cool sweatshirt that I won. Just in time, too. It’s getting cold outside.

I am grateful for the opportunities to keep moving. Perhaps, like I’ve heard about a shark’s survival, we, too, need to be in motion to be alive. And yet, this goes against the zen thought of just being… I guess I don’t really have any idea about the truth of Life and nature of Being….

I am grateful for the many people in my life. The connections I have for the passions within. I am grateful that there is only a Holy silent night. And on this eve before the hallow, I am grateful that the shadows and frights we find inside call us to be stronger — shine brighter….

I am grateful to be an active part of the TUHSD Racial Justice Task Force… Because there is work to do. And it is an honor to do it. 

Saved my self a few bob, I did. A couple o’ quid left in me pocket. Got an appraisal a week or so back. 500 plus they wanted. And, being them a body shop — it was a fair price. But… 500 bens for a bent-up truck’s fender? It’s just the bloody holes of the…

I am grateful that I had enough left in the tank to brush & floss before going to sleep…

Tonight, I am grateful that I am free… Free to make my own decisions. And may I be brave and wise enough to live by the consequences of those decisions I make. ‘Cause I am bound to make mistakes.

I am grateful for the warm autumn night tonight that I walked in with Marlin, I am grateful for the work out I had after two weeks not working out, I’m grateful for the work I got in for my directing class… grateful for doing this post on an iPad instead of sitting at the…

I am grateful for the light autumn rain that falls tonight in my backwards train of thought on round-about tracks in a sweltering barn… I spin a yarn

I am grateful that I have just enough now, to keep me from drowning in my own shit.

there is quite a bit i am grateful for this eve… i was pondering a bit, wondering what i’d be writing about after all, i spent a beautiful shared moment with my eldest — and i be grateful for all three i am grateful for the small, incremental signs of growth i see in my…

I am grateful I feel my personal strength coming back. I think I gave it away a long time ago; and I have been careful in regaining it that I do not slip into the shadow elements of psyche that can seem like strength — but are short lived and tend to harm others. So,…