10-16-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Spending less at Costco than I expected
A lovely warm breeze from the south on the morning walk
Buffalo chicken dip from Trader Joe’s
Pumpkin smoothies
Autumn thunderstorms
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️
10-15-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
An impromptu quiche with mushrooms, sausage, onion, and broccoli, topped off with sharp white cheddar
Choosing what kind of day I’m going to have
A fun Lego flower bouquet kit, in progress on the studio work table
The fun of cooking and baking with new recipes, learning new techniques
Getting to offer hospitality to others—my home, my heart, my support
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍳
10-14-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
All the stuff that seems little but, put together, is quite tremendous
Helping a stranger
Soup and white cheddar quesadillas for dinner
Making that batch of chocolate no-bake cookies last through the weekend
A walk-in closet I can actually walk into, after clearing out boxes of things I don’t wear anymore
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🧣👗👚
10-13-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A four-day work week that ends in another payday
Apple and smoked Gouda sausage with cabbage, onions, carrots, new potatoes, and garlic
Giving away soup
Porch time with my friend Marie
Sanitation workers
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🚛
10-12-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A truckload for the thrift store, boxes to recycle = less stuff, less clutter, a little more peace
Secondhand Old Navy clothes that fit great
The humbling feeling of being responsible for this land where I live
Making creatures from mismatched socks
A bowl full of polished stones
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌳
10-11-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A cozy rainy day, perfect for inside projects
Remembering who I am and how far I’ve come
Floors swept and mopped
Two great pairs of pants from the thrift store
Making soup for the week
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍲
10-10-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Giving myself permission to turn off my brain so I can get some sleep
Meeting a friend for lunch in Canton
How Tink likes to play in the pantry, and thinks no one can see her
Saving zinnia seeds from a sweet bouquet a dear friend gave me
Taking the scenic route
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🛣️
10-9-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Helping boost bids for the charity auction at work yesterday
My new tattoo healing nicely
A fresh batch of chocolate chia seed pudding chilling in the fridge
Plans to finish the barn cleanup this weekend
Remembering I have coconut cream for the next round of squash soup I want to make
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥣
10-8-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Talking myself into one more go on the mower—this time, the meadow, and now, all sections are done (until next week)
Time in the company of positive people
Stars and planets overhead brightly, wondrously
Plans for a feel-good, productive weekend
U-picked apples from a local orchard
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐞
10-7-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A trio of deer bookending my day
Finally, finally mowing the walking paths
Tuna salad on crackers
Pink banana squash soup with fresh sage, garlic, and pepper
Tucking in the land as the sun goes down
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌅
10-6-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Help from coworkers with a tech issue
Reimagining the cutting pattern for the field out back
Good news from the dentist, optometrist, and my primary care doctor
How the portable space heater oscillates
Roasted banana squash with garlic, salt, pepper, and olive oil
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
10-5-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Taking the grass down a few inches
An emotionally less complicated day
Having enough to eat, and that it tastes good
Imagining ways I can challenge myself intellectually
How Tink likes to snuggle close
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐛🐍🐞
10-4-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Another round with my two tattoo support animals, Pam and Sarah
Cheese ravioli in a rich marina that really hit the spot
A generous gathering of eggs from my sweet girls
Finally finishing a quilt that I’ve had in process for over ten years, and how it will keep me warm all winter
Apple-picking season in full swing
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍎🍏
10-3-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A pair of soft, new-to-me yoga pants
Tea and time with Marilyn
Exciting land projects for the weekend
Getting the mower back from the shop, all tuned up and shiny and ready for work
Lemon olive oil cupcakes
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍋
10-2-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My taste in music
Growing up with all kinds of music, a dad who sang and listened to opera, a mom who played the piano
Teaching myself how to play the guitar in middle school
Porch time with my neighbor Sherry
The road ahead
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎸🌱
10-1-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The deer who prayed with me in the woods this morning
A new shave ice maker for my birthday, and matcha syrup to go with it
Frozen cherries in my smoothie
Finally getting better at not taking on other people’s stuff
Plans to celebrate Sting’s birthday tomorrow
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍧
9-30-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to see my niece, Asia
My great-niece, Nora, and her delightful toddler antics
Kalua pork with rice and Japanese BBQ sauce
More moonlight than a heart can hold
Time in the morning to stretch, pause, reflect before I catch the bus downtown
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍛
9-29-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The calm after the storm
Another morning of hanging laundry by starlight and moon glow
Wild asters in white, purple, and pale lavender
Reimagining the landscape where the goat barn used to be
Fresh greens from the farmer’s market, and one HUGE banana squash that’ll probably feed me until next spring
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥬🥗🫛
9-28-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Soft moonlight guiding my steps on the morning walk
Rescuing a curly willow sapling from further deer damage, using supplies and equipment I have on hand
Moving old chicken pen roof sections out of the field and onto the raised garden beds
Steamed broccoli with tahini and tamari
A comfortable guest room
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🛌
9-27-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
When making art and cleaning the house take turns on my day’s to-do list
Every day a new opportunity to do better, and see the results
Eggs washed and put away, kitchen sparkling, cats fed
The fun of shopping for new living room furniture
Believing fiercely in a brighter future
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥞