Of course I'm thankful for family, friends and freedom and blah blah blah. But let's explore this "free" thing a little more, shall we?I would like to thank all the women who freely give their time, effort and talent to this blog, so that I may have informative and entertaining things to read. Free!
I would like to thank the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for making their paper available to me. Free!
And the Trib. Free!
And all the other newspapers and magazines and online publications I am able to access -- gratis.
Library? Fa-ree!
I would like to thank my colleagues at the Carbolic Smoke Ball for continuing to entertain me. No charge for that, either. Or any of the other blogs that I read.
I would like to thank the good folks at City Paper and the other publications to which I have contributed for paying me, as well as for gainful employment outside the realm of writing -- so that I can continue to write in other forums ... you guessed it ... for free!
Which brings me back to being free to make the very conscious decision to not go shopping today. I feel like I don't lack for a thing.
That's better than free. It's priceless.
