Thanks Giving

As we approach Thanksgiving, I was reminded of an excerpt from a beautiful poem we included in my mother’s obituary over 5 years ago. The poem is titled “Thanks Giving”, written in 1926 by J. W. Wright (1871-1950), a little known poet and author, who after retiring as a newspaperman moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea and lived there for about 10 years. While in Carmel he set up a small printing press, known as the “Press in the Forest”, and became part of its Bohemian and artistic community. Wright’s private press produced a number of modest books in which he set the type by hand, printed, and hand-bound the books by himself, often in limited editions all made with great care . . .