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Portland, ME. Berit and I are with my family - mom, brother/cousin David, his girlfriend Rachel, their dog Sasha, grandpa John, stepgrandmother Jennie, Jennie's daughter-in-law Laurie, her son Riley. And Bappers the cat. Tomorrow we go to Massachusetts and Berit's parents, Gary and Luana. We have much to be thankful for. We've played lots of Rock Band and stacked a cord-and-a-half of wood for the winter. Yesterday's dinner was "the classic," and was terrific. No photos to share, unfortunately.

We're thankful for our three or four families (we'll see another grouping at Christmas), our friends, our collaborators, and the fact that we don't have to do very much in this world that we don't want to, and we can spend most of our time doing what we love. And we have each other. We're incredibly lucky. (and we're thankful for the friends who catsit for us so we can see our relations at these times!)

So, a Random Ten for a lazy post-holiday Friday morn:

1. "Driving Me Backwards" - Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
2. "Riders on the Storm" - The Doors - Those Classic Golden Years 04
3. "Nues Dans L'Eau" - Georges Garvarentz - Stereo Ultra
4. "J'ai Peur des Americans" - Jeronimo - website download
5. "Complainte de la Seine" - Marianne Faithfull - 20th Century Blues
6. "What Do You Want?" - WFMU - station promo downloaded from website
7. "Rubber Room" - Rev. Fred Lane & His Hittite Hot-Shots - From the One That Cut You
8. "Jezebel Spirit" - Brian Eno & David Byrne - Vocal box set
9. "Without Love" - Thelma Harper & Group - A Million Dollars Worth of Girl Groups
10. "Mater Dolores" - El Vez - Boxing With God

I haven't catblogged in a while, as I've run out of new photos, but here are my favorite classic photos of Berit and I with the kitties we're also so thankful for.

Me and Hooker:

Berit and Simone:

And have a happy yourself . . . and why not?

Well, here I am in Portland, missing my cats.


So, I'll check out some of the pictures I took shortly before leaving, to remind me of some of the familiar scenes of home . . .





Aaah! Yeah, like this one, which is pretty much the first thing I see every morning. The photo comes from trying to take a "nice" picture while he was in a "nice" pose when he suddenly became interested in the camera noise.





And of course Moni, who will lie on any shirt of Berit's left around.





This, blurred and all, is here to remind me of Hooker's nice belly fur.





And here's why these two are so perfect for Berit's and my home - they like to curl up with a good book. Especially when I'm trying to read it.