2-23-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to meet a fellow baker and small business owner
A grand day out with Patrick, delivering granola, visiting museums, lingering over lunch and discussing the Important Things
Pink Himalayan salt
Patrick and me—just a couple of crazy kid artists in love
Watching Canada take the 4 Nations Championship title in overtime
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-22-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to see Christin again, catching up on our news
A cool and quiet room to fall asleep in
On the road with my man, dropping off granola orders
My first creative writing open mic event
When someone knows what chocolate you like and gives it to you as a gift
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-21-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The chance to gather with community leaders and helpers who just want to make their corner of the world a bit better
A day off to catch up on house chores
Having a kitten’s trust
The feeling of freshly brushed and flossed teeth
When I don’t second guess myself
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-20-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Salt trucks and the good folks who get up even earlier than I do to drive them
Vegetable beef soup, toast drizzled with olive oil and utter contentment
Having what it takes to keep going
A car that starts, water that runs, cats that purr
Finding that calm place within and settling there for a while
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The fun of a new creative pursuit
How cheering it is to see the robins back, bouncing across the snowy grass
Making progress in all kinds of areas
Plenty of walking light at 6:30am
Soup and grilled cheese for dinner
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Making my first mini diorama in an old Altoids tin
Filling granola orders with love in my heart
When Cheerios for dinner is enough
Repotting tiny houseplants in full view of the snowy landscape
Hauling out the seeds and starts supplies for this year’s garden
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-16-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Granola baking, snow falling and a hot breakfast in front of me
Five new whimsical junk journals curing on the studio work table
The magic that happens when you accept your innate creativity
The blurred lines between joy, bliss and utter contentment
How much happiness a tiny newborn baby brings to a family—welcome, Eleanor!
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍼👶👼
2-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Little rabbit footprints in the thin layer of snow on the walking path
How I make a 4-pack of Trader Joe’s gluten free everything bagels last eight days
When pomegranate juice is on sale
How Patrick says cooking for me is his love language ❤️
Wondering how the deer receive the beauty of an ice-glazed meadow
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Saying “yes” to Patrick’s Valentine’s Day proposal 32 years ago
Trader Joe’s dark and milk chocolate toffee chips
Frozen creek foam
Poached wild-caught cod with vegetables simmered in a garlicky broth, smashed and roasted red potatoes on the side
Watching the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey round robin with a cup of chamomile tea
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Rebecca and Sarah’s help changing out the furnace and water filters
Jason’s kindness
A cool pillow to lay my head upon when I have a headache
Walking in and through the foggy fields
When the cats are cozy and warm
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sangria-flavored lip balm
Getting to wake up and fall asleep on a beautiful piece of land
Big earrings to go with my long hair
A new breakfast cookie recipe with freeze dried tart cherries
The calm that comes from knowing
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-11-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Reliable, healthy egg layers
Making mini junk journals out of those cardboard coffee sleeves
Finding my handmade envelope and gift box patterns
A new and unusual houseplant for living room
How there’s nothing like a good book and a hot bath after work (last night’s selection: Endangered Pleasures—In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis and Other Indulgences, by the late Barbara Holland)
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Throwing long shadows as the sun rises (I’ve never been so tall)
Much-needed studio time with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in the background
Cumin noodles with chicken and kimchi
Making plans to gather folks together around creative pursuits
Ice drops from Saturday’s storm still clinging like crystals from some of the trees’ branches
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-9-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Standing before a 12-point buck in all his magnificence, neither of us moving a muscle
Feeling mom and dad’s presence on the morning walk
How something as simple as running errands and having lunch with the man I love can bring such happiness and peace
Late night scrambled eggs with cheddar and mini tots on the side
Watching little Tink play with a chocolate candy wrapper like nothing else matters
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How nice it is to be at home on a Saturday morning
Friday afternoon philosophical conversations with my boss
Plans for lunch at the end of the month with a kind friend
Feeling more like myself again after a short run with a virus
Shaking out the throw rings from the laundry room in the dark chilly air
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Anchoring my soul in the bigger things while tending to the smaller things
Dried papaya bits
Catnip for the kitties this morning—a peaceful start to a busy day
Remembering how the land has healed us on so many occasions
Having a continuous and unfolding sense of purpose
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Ice trackers on my boots
Good ol’ reliable oats, apples and maple syrup
How the place we live is beautiful every day
Karen’s continued kindness
Knowing shortcuts in the neighborhood to get around traffic backups
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
1-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Seinfeld, season 4
A slightly calmer day yesterday
A fresh bottle of coconut and honey even Naked Bee hand cream
Having enough eggs to give them away
Soothing neck stretches during meditation
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨