no meeting Wed. 11/26 or Thanksgiving, 11/27

However, I did send this:

Gratitude — Jon Davis

my favorite lines:
opening

Forget each slight, each head that turned

Toward something more intriguing—

and other forgettings...

Remind yourself you never wanted them.  (honors, recognition)

When the spotlight briefly shone on you,

and the last two lines:

Silent darkness, and you, hidden in that wider dark,

Your refusal a kind of gratitude at last.

“Perhaps the World Ends Here”  by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo “When Giving Is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos “Thanks” by W.S. Merwin “The Thanksgivings” by Harriet Maxwell Converse “Dusting” by Marilyn Nelson “Red Brocade” by Naomi Shihab Nye “A Toast” by Ilya Kaminsky “Starfish” by Eleanor Lerman “Earth Your Dancing Place” by May Swenson