Happy early Thanksgiving!
As I write this, the sun is shining brightly outside the window, burning off the white frost that’s still glittering on the grass. The temperatures have dropped here in Vermont and it’s finally feeling more like November and less like September.
I’m ready for the change
We’ve enjoyed a beautiful autumn and I’m grateful for all the sunshine and warmer-than-normal temps. But it feels good to hear the pellet stove in the background, to throw a soft blanket over my knees when I read in the evenings, and to smell woodsmoke as I walk in my neighborhood.
I wonder what your Thanksgiving plans are? I hope you will be surrounded by family or friends—or maybe both—and have a chance to reflect on some of the things that you’re most grateful for.
I’m grateful for you. I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to read this note. It’s been a quiet year for me newsletter-wise, and I’m sorry that I’ve had to let this slide. I’ve missed chatting with you.
Today, I have a fun giveaway planned.
Three winners will be selected at random to win a digital copy of my newest book, Writers’ Retreat. Here are all the details:
What: Enter to win one of three digital copies of Writers’ Retreat
When: Contest begins today and ends Friday, 11/29/24.
How: To enter, just hit the “like” button on this post. To be entered twice, please share this email with a friend and let me know (you don’t have to share any of their personal info with me).
I wish you and yours a wonderful, calm, and lovely Thanksgiving.
Warmly,
-J.P.