Gratitude: A Third Short List

There is so much to be happy about, I don't know why I ever complain about anything. That said, and a long list of grievances put aside for now, here are a few more things that make me feel grateful:

1. The detective books of Dorothy Sayers. 
   
2. Luck. So much good luck, knock wood. I know I don't deserve it, but I am so very glad to have had so much of it.
3. That I was able to reconnect with my family and then, later, to spend time with both parents knowing that my time with them was short.
4. How somebody (early human explorers?) went ahead and exterminated nearly every big predator on this continent so I don't have to fret over the fate of saber-toothed cats, direwolves, short-faced bears, American lions,  and giant sloths.  The Nature Conservancy can only do so much.
   
5. Fresh percale sheets dried outside on the line. I'll cheerfully launder the entire Matterhorn of dirty clothes to get to this reward.