Ah, Thanksgiving. Time of gratitude and feasting. "Again we will call them in from the sea, again they'll have Thanksgiving with Me!" My 2011 Thanksgiving will be quiet and restful with my beloved husband as we head up north, just the two of us, to the Traverse area. We've done this before when our children were having TG with their other families. And so I will miss them but also enjoy the difference, the deep difference, of being apart from them and keeping Thanksgiving restful and solitary. I will take my Rita stories along. And be aware of all there is to be thankful for in these strange days. Here are three things: Richard, the beautiful Leelanau and my new computer.