Today I am thankful for watering the garden in the morning fog. I am thankful for the rhythms of the fog--cool, lavender mornings, turning into a startling blue midday, the fog whistling back in at four, then closing with rosy ash colored evenings. I am thankful for picking strawberries with my son. I am thankful for toddler flip flops and fat kid feet. I am thankful for fresh coffee with cream and sugar and reading the newspaper. I am not thankful for some things today but I'm choosing to dwell on skipping stones and cracking creme brulee.