I thought I would continue with the last blog I wrote, comfort vs. style.  Instead, I decided to google myself, something I have never done, only to find that there were 39,600 matches for Clothespin and Gale Parker. As I scrolled from page to page, I was overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude and humility and a realization that this place called Los Angeles, a place that as a former New Yorker and Northern Californian was not by any means a place I was “happy” to be living in,  had embraced me and my clothes and my shoppe. And what an incredibly amazing and wonderful and gracious gift that was.
Today is Thanksgiving- a day a lot of us dread as it might mean too much food, too much family, or just too much much….

Instead, perhaps we should take a step back, as I did when I sat down and googled myself, and individually google ourselves inside and check in with what really matters and how much we have to be thankful for. It could be the simplest of things, a butterfly, a tree, a smile. It could be reaching out to someone who has less than.

Today, I am thankful to be here, at this time in my life, with all the new friends and people I have made and met through Clothespin.

Thank you Los Angeles.