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American Thanksgiving generally sneaks up on me, in part because I’m Canadian and we do it earlier in the fall, and in part because it’s just too close to Christmas for any sane person to have a holiday, so every year it takes an American client to remind me they won’t be there in the morning. It snuck up on me again. And because I have so many US readers – happy thanksgiving y’all.

I’m a big fan of thanksgiving, though less a fan of the reality that much of our society spends the rest of the year living in ingratitude. That we need to actually set a day aside to do be thankful tells me we lost our compass a little. Still, when it happens, is even forced on us, it’s a needed blessing.

I’m deeply grateful for the friends and family I have – they are my greatest riches. I’m grateful for the career and calling that I have – to be able to spend my days doing meaningful work that I love, and once in a while to be doing it in India or Africa or some other far-flung shore, that’s a blessing. I could be in a cubicle, or, uh, juggling. I’m grateful that I’m healthy, that the roof over my head doesn’t leak. I’m grateful for the smallest of blessings, knowing that not one of them is guaranteed. And I’m grateful for this craft that I love and the people who so graciously allow me to teach and pass along my passion for it, so thank you to you for being part of that.

Gratitude opens our eyes in ways far more important than photographically, and if that only happens once a year, it’s a good start.

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.