Thanksgiving 2025. Wow, it feels like I just did my Thanksgiving 2024 post. I know that Earth is revolving around the sun at 107,000 km/h, but I swear it feels faster than that.
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the little things I’m thankful for that provide us with a bulwark against the bigger, shittier stuff. Today, I’m making a list of all the big things I want to acknowledge and celebrate on Thanksgiving 2025.
- My immediate family. I won the lottery here (including even after divorce) – ‘nuff said.
- My extended family, on Michele’s side and on mine, in both Ukraine and the US. With the speed of communication these days, I’m pretty damn lucky to be able to stay in regular touch with the latter.
- All our friends, with special shout-out to those who’ve been able to come east and visit us.
- Our home. Flawed, but rife with sacred spaces, and overlooking the Atlantic.
- Our wonderful next-door neighbours and the welcoming community where we live.
- Our health. Not perfect for either of us, but better than for many others. I can still do things that others my age cannot.
- The freedom to read and write what I want, with no censor looking over my shoulder.
- The options we have (including my opportunity to write full-time), which many do not.
- That Ukraine is still here, more formidable than ever.
- That Canada is my home – strong, free, and sovereign, and that I’ve had the opportunity to live in three of her beautiful provinces.
And, on this Thanksgiving 2025, a massive extra thank you to everyone who continues to read my stuff. You make it worthwhile to do this every day.
More Friday pot pourri
Savage – The Baits on the Skyline
What happens when I try to be “good” all the time
Regular mail: A new (old) way of communicating
The authoritarian state: “What do you think of our current President?”
American Administration “angry” at Putin for not showing his commitment to peace in Ukraine
“Ceasefire?” Trump, Putin, and the selling out of Ukraine
Will Allen Dromgoole – “The Bridge Builder”
“Three Million Acres of Flame” – A review
It’s OUR OWN stories that speak most to us!
“Imagining Imagining”: Wisdom from award-winning author Gary Barwin
Flag Day is February 15 in Canada
Global communication: These are the “good old days”
The blind men and the elephant
Resolutions for 2025 for a man in his mid-60s
Basketball has changed in the past 40 years – but has it changed for the better? (Part 2)
Basketball has changed in the past 40 years – but has it changed for the better? (Part 1)
Simple pleasures: A bulwark against the bigger, shitty stuff
The Escuminac Disaster – Commemorating 66 years in 2025
Thanksgiving 2024: Gratitude for those who share this writing journey with me
Another trip to Ireland in the books in 2024
Interesting place names in New Brunswick and Alberta
Ukrainian independence in the face of cowardice and appeasement
Ukrainian invasion of Russia??!
Steiner – What does it mean to live a “good” life?
Bremen, Indiana – “A good town”
Unreturned messages: A New Brunswick particularity?
“Zelensky” (the boat, not the man) has moved on to other seas
Jourard – Life has value as long as a person has “meaningful projects”
Moving to a new community: Take the first steps
The brilliant thesis advisor I never had: Professor Ivan Lysiak Rudnytsky (1919-1984)