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This year I am grateful for…
Modern Medicine
A world without vaccines, antibiotics, antivirals, radiation and chemotherapy, contraception, anesthesia and painkillers in general, surgery, and other treatments for what ails us would include so much unnecessary suffering. History books are filled with stories about what happened before we had accesses to these things, and they are anything but easy to read.
People Who Do “Dirty” Jobs
That is to say, the people who pick vegetables, prepare meat, clean toilets, unclog pipes, monitor sewage, gather up garbage, scrub everything, empty bedpans, dress wounds, and do the other thousand and one jobs that keep the rest of us living in safe, clean places.
Books
With all of the difficult things going on in the world today, books provide such a welcomed respite from bad news.
Loved Ones
I am lucky to have such good relationships with my spouse, parents, siblings, sister-in-law, nephews, and other relatives.
Noise-Cancelling Earphones
Yes, really! Last summer was hot, humid, and didn’t always have good air quality, so I unfortunately had more migraines than I typically would. There’s nothing like the relief of noise-cancelling earphones when you’re in sensory overload and even the smallest sounds feel painfully loud.
Jokes
It makes me so happy when people who are talented at cracking jokes share their gift with the world. Laughter can be like medicine for one’s soul.
All of You
You make the Internet and the WWBC a better place!
War isn’t something I like to read about, so this still fits the original “books outside of my comfort zone” theme as well!
Other than regularly looking away from tv shows and films just before something important happens, I am every cat’s best friend. They would like nothing more than to follow me around and go on feline-friendly adventures while I would like nothing more than for them to pick a new human to bond with.
I feel like I recommend a lot of the same books here over and over again.
Here are the Halloween posts I’ve written for Top Ten Tuesday in previous years: 
The Woods 
Jana wants us to talk about cozy stories this week.
Therefore, I don’t always remember who recommended specific books to me. In order to participate this week, I ended up needing to work on this post a little at a time over the last month or so as folks mentioned books they’re reading that they think I may also enjoy.
As this week’s topic is a freebie post that can be about anything other than books, here are some of my favourite songs with Halloween themes or vibes.