Happy Thanksgiving with Gratitude

 Happy Thanksgiving!

I've tried to come up with what I am most grateful; the list went on and on. Below scratches the surface:

1) The Essence of Goodness...

                                                           

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, to name a few.

2) Family and Friends

Missing my beloved parents, Mutti and Totti, sister Jane, and brother Joel, and thankful for those of us still here:

Grandpa GerGer and Piper

Nikki and Carm with our angel, Totti

Susan, Mom Louise, David, Me, Bob taking photo

Linda & Dominick's Sammy with cousins

3) Our Frontline and Essential Workers who are taking care of us at the risk of their own health and lives, during this horrible year of the 2020 Covid19 pandemic.

4) Nature and Her Bounty

                                Our home and its residents and life!

    

5) The Arts

    Film: Since a tween, The Late Show, The Late Late Show, The Late Late Late Show, and now TCM, Netflix, and countless streams have offered the sights and sounds of all walks of life and emotions:

From film noir to science fiction, the love of film has led me to the journey of screenwriting. Although never published with the exception of an e-book of mini-scripts, I don't regret one word.

Norah Ephron

Federico Fellini

Gia Coppola

Jim Jarmusch

Nancy Meyers

John Sayles

Julie Delpy

Alfred Hitchcock

Barbra Streisand

Billy Wilder

Frank Capra

Robert Wise

And everything and everyone around and in between...

       Music: My parents' nearly weekly Oktoberfests with friends, playing their native music with live accordions and harmonicas, definitely had its effect on my love of music. 

                        

                                                              

    

                                                               

                                          

     Classical:

     Opera:

      Jazz:

Duke Ellington

And everything around and in between...

      Art:

                                                             

Gustavo Novoa

My Gustavo Novoa of Manhattan Skyline

 

Sacha

                                                              

Mark Kostabi

     Books:

                                                              

Toni Morrison

Virginia Woolf

Dorothy Parker

Simone De Beauvoir

Maya Angelou

Ernest Hemmingway

Jorge Borges

 6) SPORTS: April - October Baseball

                    October - April Hockey

Happy Thanksgiving! May you and your loved ones be surrounded with love, prosperity, and happiness, always!