It is a good discipline to ask yourself what you are thankful for, because the gloom of winter, the sameness of it all, can get to a person here in the cold of the Midwest winters.
Today I am thankful for:
truthful people
Honest people who are willing to tell you the good and bad are priceless. I have been blessed over the last week to have people tell me good things about me and it is incredible! Stunning how good it feels to have a person you love or respect tell you something good about yourself. My father was always good about saying things like that. Really very articulate and affirming, but his anger & rage made it hard for me to receive it. But to have someone who has never yelled at you tell you something good, it’s like a balm on a burned hand.
old movies
We’ve been watching old black and white 1940s movies. there is something so beautiful about the smoke and music, and acting. The purity of the characters. I’m not totally sure yet what it so compelling about them — I’ll get back to you on this.
science fiction and fantasy genre
Tom has introduced me to many incredible authors this year from our own book shelves: C.J. Cherryh, George R.R. Martin, Louis McMaster Bujold, Connie Willis, among others. Incredible books that I have given me endless quality hours of enjoyment.
LEGOs
Enough said. I just love making things and it also gives my children endless hours of fun.
the power to control my health (thus far in my life)
I am taking charge of it by doing this 21 day fast. What doesn’t kill you, makes you better?
flannel pajamas
I just love snuggling for hours in my pajamas, with my coffee and laptop. That is what I wear most when I am blogging.
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The sun is shining and that doesn’t happen enough here in the Wisconsin winters!
My friends & lurkers, I know you are there and it makes me happy! I hope you are well today, able to focus on the good things in your life.
Melody
“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.” — Nadine Stair
Logic & Imagination 
I LOVE Connie Willis! Doomsday Book slayed me. Mostly I read Fantasy and Regency Military and Historical Romance (not historical Harlequins, but Dorothy Dunnet and Diana Gabaldon and Judith Tarr and Susan Howatch) and Historical Fantasy (like Guy Gavriel Kay and George RR Martin). But I do read sci-fi from time to time and certainly watch a lot of it (Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, some of the Star Treks, etc.)
Nice to know we have something else in common. :)
So happy to hear you have been hearing (deservedly) wonderful things about yourself. It is a balm.
Meg
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