Giving Thanks 2008

thursday, 27 november, thanksgiving, falls on what would be JA's 60th birthday.  this year, i'm grateful for/to:

-kalaa x2, and the courage to spend the $.

-all the women i'm alive/attracted to.

-lupe and her flores.

-reunions with cinnabar theater, beth, and with claire, jack, and their families.

-that i haven't given up, and that i didn't throw my head under that bus on old redwood hiway in 2006.

-rosa y mauricio.

-doctor R, Tony's place, and Mama Java's.

-david lear and working at the 6th street playhouse.

-Candide, In the Mood, and maybe Midsummer Night's Dream a-comin' up.

-for an incredible acting year: Grapes of Wrath, Christmas Carol, Into the Woods, and The Philadelphia Story.

-Toad-in-the-Hole, Red's Recovery Room and rose and jason and paul and anthony and lauren and ms. cody's left breast.

-grampa patrick and the reunion with ann murphy.

-today's surprise phone call from eileen.

-pnn.com.

-humanizing relations with desiree.

-quincy's and the new york football giants and jack carroll and stella, the hearing ear dog.

-stacy williams.

-hardcore espresso there on hwy 116.

-daniel berrigan, thich nhat hanh and the obama victory.

-angela strehli and the Blues Broads and the rancho nicasio.

-playing pool with gertrude and the little red-faced kid.

-the double bank-the-8-ball shot i made today

-Ace a-hangin' in.

-Noodles.

-having a nice room in a nice house with christine and jonathan.

-trusting in the Lilies of the Fiels story.

-gretchen giles and the lessons.

-loving the grateful dead, moe., and todd snider.

-hessel road area, hell, sonoma county.

-the beauty of cheryl itamura.

-being a good setbuilder.

-reading to kindergardeners, then tutoring on fridays.

-passing the CBEST.

-Hawkeye, Eeyore, and the awareness of the little red-faced kid.

-UASA and Bobbi Turner.

-the "ENTER" idea.

-the I Ching:23 SPLITTING APART:submit to the bad time and remain quiet; changing to 24 RETURN (the turning point): everything comes at the proper time-this is the meaning of Heaven and Earth.