Things I picked off my trees and ate:
Apples
Pears
Plums
Things I picked up off the ground and ate:
Potatoes
Cucumbers
Squash
Things I picked up off the ground and didn’t eat:
Coins
Phone books
Rocks
Things I picked up at the store and paid for:
Free range turkey (not actually free)
Cranberries (not technically berries)
Yams (not even)
Things I picked up at the store and didn’t pay for:
Cheese cubes
Donut holes
Artichoke dip (plus complimentary cracker)
Things I just picked up:
Half a dozen new words
Couple of new habits
A new friend or two
Bedbugs
On balance, there were more things to be thankful for than not this year. So I guess I’ve got no choice but to be thankful.
P.S. I kid about the bedbugs, of course. But how would you know, anyway?