A week from today, Americans will sit down to Thanksgiving feasts.
There will be turkey, football and naps, There should also be thanks. That’s kind of the whole idea of the day.
Next week, “06880” will share some of the things our readers are thankful for.
Individually, they’re important. Taken together, they can provide a broad picture of “06880” — both our community here Westport, and our extended online one around the globe.
Please email 06880blog@gmail.com. Let us know what you’re thankful for this year.
Big or small; concrete or abstract; here in town or elsewhere — we want to hear from you. And please let us know whether we can use your name, or if you prefer anonymity.
We’ll post your “06880” thanks next week.
Thank you!
This guy is thankful he’s roaming the streets of Westport, not stuck in a supermarket case. (Photo/William Webster)
Thankful
I’m thankful for Our family, including our puppy , our Friends, for all of our family and those both passed and present and for my ability to think critically learned in-part at Staples High School!
I wish you Dan and all of 06880 readers a happy, loving and very meaningful Holiday Season. After all Life is fleeting, enjoy each other’s gifts and company.
Charlie Taylor
While having my family healthy, happy and in town for the holiday is always my most joyous celebration. However, this particular season I am proud the concerted efforts to extinguish our democracy by a minority group of Fascists has been wholeheartedly rejected by my fellow Americans. The voters of this nation have restored my faith in our ability to self govern. I am proud to witness the endurance of democracy. The 4th of July, 2023 holiday should touch everyone’s heart a little more than usual, it will for me and for this, I am also thankful.
I am thankful and in agreement with Joseph’s response. Thank you Joseph. I had the same thoughts.
I’m thankful to have grown up in Westport in the ’50s and ’60s.
I am thankful that I went to Berkeley in 1967.
I’m thankful I had the chance to travel around the world a bit.
I’m thankful for all the friends I have made and kept.
“With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I’ve loved them all.”
I’m even thankful for the grief.
I am thankful I met my husband 44 years ago and that we are now living here in Westport.
It turns out for me, you can go home again.
And, what Joseph Vallone said.
I’m thankful for my familyI and for the new friends I have made this year and the old friends I still have around me. I am thankful for the new generation that has come to Westport to keep us going in the right direction. I’m always thankful to read 06880 so I know what is going on in this wonderful town.Thanks Dan!