3-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting up to gaze at the lunar eclipse and being treated to a bonus meteor shower
The peace that comes from letting go of worry
A quick and easy run through Costco after work
How cuddly and sweet Tink is when she’s asleep
Finches singing their hearts out, which means the house wrens can’t be far behind
What are you grateful for today?☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Patrick’s resilience and newfound peace
The simple satisfaction of eating up leftovers instead of going out just because it’s convenient
Fully charged hearing aids
Being early for the bus
Time to reflect and re-energize
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Goat cheese in the scrambled eggs this morning
A rare morning walk without traffic noise —just me and the birds
Weekends filling up progressively with gardening and other outside projects
Sustainable outrage
Melted chocolate smeared over seed and nut brittle
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Holding little Eleanor for the first time
A place for stillness
The joy and privilege of taking care of Patrick
Arepas with shredded beef and fried plantains
A golden moon sinking below the tree line to the west, making way for a new day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-9-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The opportunity to celebrate two friends’ love for each other
How happy Patrick looked after a day in his studio
Coming home to the aroma of roasting turkey
A writer’s courage
Really garlicky hummus (like, socially dangerous garlicky🙃)
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The luxury of Saturday morning sleep-ins
The satisfaction of repairing garden and chicken run fencing after this week’s winds knocked them down
Finally getting to meet a Colorado-based colleague in person
The best lunch I’ve ever had at a conference in 40+ years of attending them
Being part of the web of all creations
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Shaking off all the adrenaline from this morning’s commute, feeling strong and sturdy
The kindness of strangers
Coming home to crispy coho salmon with fennel, carrots and onion in a lemony broth, over pasta
Comfortable walking shoes
Whatever prayers are holding me today
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A toasted everything bagel with Kerrygold butter
A renewed sense of place and purpose
What catnip does for all of us, not just the cats
Stretching toward the sun like other living beings do
Thanking the land more deeply than I thought possible
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-3-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Hearing the finches and song sparrows through closed windows
Finding out that the fishers I thought I saw playing in the creek yesterday were actually minks
A day filled with creativity and Downton Abbey
Chicken and red lentil soup in a coconut milk and gochujang broth
Planning a gathering for creativity, support and peace
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-2-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Watching two fishers play along the creek banks, tumbling into the water and not being fazed a bit
Indoor gardening
Coming back from a trip to Yellow Springs with great creative ideas
The delightfully short attention span of a kitten, making them infinitely entertaining
Good advice from Mo
What are you grateful for today?
3-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time with my sister, Jane, a haircut and visiting with the horses at the equine center afterwards
New mini plants for the shelf above the bathtub
Having no trouble not shopping at Target anymore
Picking up fallen branches while the wind still blows above me
Our twin nephews, born on different days
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-28-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to the end of an especially challenging week…smiling
Garlic and tulips cautiously making their way towards the sun
Rotisserie chicken with a light gravy
Trader Joe’s sea salt and dark chocolate covered almonds
Being part of relationship healing
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-27-2025
Good morning dear—today, I’m grateful for…
Thunderstorms through the night
Facing the muddy season with as much grace as we can muster
Lightening the load in my purse
How much fun it is to surprise people with little gifts
A quiet place to sit in my heart
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Hanging up the forsythia wreath a tad early
A lungful of fresh morning air
Lessons learned from my first go at making shrimp spring rolls
Seeing Carol again
The Granville Pub’s Nashville hot chicken sandwich with coleslaw
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-24-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting better acquainted with the good folks at the Granville Center for the Arts
Meeting smart and charming 6-year old Bella
Seeing Patrick smiling from the back row at yesterday’s creative writing open mic event
Enjoying a plate of celebratory crab Rangoon and potstickers
Coming home after a full day out and still having enthusiasm and energy to do some bookbinding
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈