First and foremost I’d like to say I’m thankful for my family, my Readers, my publisher, and the men and women of the U.S. military who protect us around the world (and their families) – Happy Thanksgiving!

Usually I gather up some interesting or funny quotes to write the holiday blog around but this year I thought I’d be clever and spell out my thanks – here’s the first attempt:

Thankful for:

Turkey dinner

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