Anne, Kerri. Lauren. Allison, Brett, Evan, Anna, Ian, Brian; Annabelle Louise Compher for giving me birth and giving me to my real parents, Ed and Ruth McElvaine; my four half-sisters I didn’t know I had until 2020, Carol, Barbie, Candy, and Cris; Anne’s extensive family; friends too numerous to list …
Love, Life, Mother Earth, evolution, the promise of America, democracy, rationality, emotion, truth and facts, spirituality, freedom, peace, justice, acceptance, fairness, common decency, diversity, inclusion, equal rights for all, teachers, nurses, doctors, police who follow the rules …
Nancy Pelosi. Joe Biden, the Democratic Party, Margaret Atwood, Mallory McMorrow, Heather Cox Richardson, Anand Giridharadas, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Iranian women who dare to assert their rights as humans, Republicans who believe in the Republic, Christians who attempt to follow the teachings of Jesus, humans who understand that all humans are human …
Travel, waterfalls, mountains, glaciers, sunsets, nature, surf on rocky coastlines, New Zealand, Yosemite, the Canadian Rockies, the Alps, fireplaces, lighthouses …
Science, vaccines, health, thinking, ideas, truthful history, writing, books, humor, conversation, feminism, Millsaps College, Rutgers University, colleagues, students …
Music, dogs, films, sports, art, photography, the internet, Netflix, Dolby Atmos, Woodford Reserve bourbon, uncontaminated water, ethnic food, the Mets, Saints, and Knicks, the past, the present, the future … and optimism.
I am thankful for you and our family and Dolby Atmos too!