Thanksgiving is today.

"What?!"

Yeah.

It's one of those Canadian things, like not having dollar bills, or saying "sorry" when someone bumps into you, or having a vibrant media content creation sector despite a neighbouring permeable border beyond which is an economy over 10x as large, or universal health care.  Zing!

We have Thanksgiving in early October because that's harvest time; winter comes early -- there was frost on my roof yesterday morning. Thanksgiving is today because all our stuff is freshly killed today, not six weeks rotten come late November.

(Pause to check snark meter. Okay, not edging into overload, we're good.)

I'm thankful for cats, and for good music. And for video games that are enjoyable diversions. And for readable books. For bright, sunny blue sky days. And for rainy days that make shit grow so I can eat it or smell it. (Except for windy, rainy days when it's about 3C. Seriously, fuck those days, that's bullshit weather.) 

Thankful we live in a place where we don't usually need a car. Thankful my last support payment was just sent (some of you who are reading this will remember when that began, over 11 years ago). Thankful my kids have grown into well functioning adults with good jobs and engaging lives of their own (not thankful for recently entrained dogmatic morality; he'll get over it).

Thankful for continued good health. Thankful for friends, wherever they may be at the moment. Thankful for a mostly liberal community, though it is far too engaged in startup fever than is wise. 

And, I'm thankful for a smart and wise partner.