Thanksgiving

What a lot I have to be thankful for, Wonderful loving family and friends, Living in Central Florida. Here's the weather forecast for Thanksgiving Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71° for those of you not in the U.S. thats 21.5° C. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Not to hot, not too cold. I remember some Thanksgiving days back in New Jersey when it was cold, very cold, very very cold, with a wintry mix. You know Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain. That's why I live in central Florida. We're watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a Thanksgiving day tradition, and it looks like the weather in NYC is darn nice. Calm no wind mild temps above freezing. So that's something else to be thankful for. Soon the guests will be arriving for a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner that couldn't be beat. Which reminds me of another Thanksgiving Day tradition listening to "Alice's Restaurant" by "Arlo Guthrie". The underlying theme of Alice's Restaurant is this. If you want things to change you have to get involved. Thats what I got out of it. I just finished listening to it and it's as enjoyable today as it was when I first listened to it. It's quality is timeless like the Christmas classic "Its a Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore. Alice's Restaurant is truly an American folk music classic. It was written when our country was in a time of change. Today we are also in a time of change. The situation today is not that much different. The future is dependent on us. You can make a difference by being proactive, not reactive. You have to get involved, take action, be responsible for yourself. You can buy into the media and believe that times are tough or you can turn that off, change the people you associate with and begin to make a difference. So just sing a bar of Alice's Restaurant and get on with it. "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. Walk right in it's around the back just a half a mile from the railroad track, you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant". Now we're off for a bike ride before dinner.