Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you to all the farmers who grew the food, and to all the people who built the interstate highways and the railroads which bring the food to us. Thank you to all the people working on Thanksgiving Day - of course the police and "roadway assistance technicians" who are keeping the roads running smoothly, and all the other emergency personnel, but also all those supermarkets open for a few hours on a holiday so that we can grab more eggs, more onions, more food of whatever sort we aren't overstuffed on yet. Thank you to all the friends and family who travel for miles to share the holiday with loved ones - my relatives coming to me, but also thanks to everyone else who makes sure that this holiday is a family time for any family.

Thank you to my doctors - I'm still alive! - and to all my friends, for every bit of support this year and before. Here I am with another low-sodium, low-fat Thanksgiving meal!

To friends for all the cage-cleaning assistance too, and I am sure the critters extend their fuzzy thanks as well. (They had their thanksgiving meal yesterday, getting chunks of the parsnips I was cutting up, and the apple peelings, and bits of sweet potato...)

And to all my virtual friends, for everything you contribute to my and to each others' lives.