Today, on Thanksgiving, I found this video (also shared on YouTube) of I Can't Give You Anything But Love, in my Facebook "memories from 2 years ago". Especially during the total shutdown phase of the pandemic (and continuing occasionally, after things started to open back up), I would clip out individual tunes from my weekly "Piano For My Friends" videos to post as stand alones. From 2007, when I began posting on YouTube, until the pandemic struck in 2020, I would only post from live performances, and never from home. It was, admittedly, a bit of a pride thing, wanting to make the statement that I was/am a working musician, and not someone just playing music in my living room. So this was a new approach for me, and a fun one. Rather than stopping between tunes to announce or regroup (which annoyed some people), I would play continuously throughout the hour long sessions, transitioning from one tune to another, however I was moved to at the time. Sometimes the wide open, non-stop format of these videos would entrench me more deeply in "float and dive (and duck and weave)" zone.This, apparently, was one of those times.  :)

Much has changed (and continues to change) in my life since then. Perhaps this is an appropriate video to share on Thanksgiving, as this "take whatever comes and embrace it, holding on tightly while letting go completely" approach, that I've learned to find and embrace (when I get out of my own way) goes way beyond just playing the piano. In the bigger picture, it becomes the "life skill" that keeps my feet on the ground, and my heart in the grateful/thankful place. Plus, when my ego (and everything else) is out of the way, what is left? So, from the piano (at least), I can't give you anything but that. And there it is.  :)

Happy Thanksgiving (every day of the year)!!