3-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A long morning mosey through the fields, trimming back brambles and resting on one of my favorite tree trunks when it was time to take a break
Lemony garlicky mussels and a side salad from Mazza’s for dinner
Letting go of what doesn’t matter and not missing it at all
A new day, another chance to try
Setting stuff out by the curb in a big “free” pile and watching it dwindle down to nothing
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-27-25
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The gift of a schedule refund
Being able to comfort someone
Remembering all the things my mom taught me how to do
The creative spark in each of us, in all of us
Pulling out the spring clothes
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-26-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Patrick’s burst of energy to organize the linen and medicine cabinets
Red lentil pancakes with caramelized pork belly, kimchi and greens
The bunnies who let me walk quietly past them on the path
A bouquet of Japanese fantail willow branches from our neighbor Sherry
Buds on the silver maple tee behind the house
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻📚🌈🏕🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A peaceful and productive start to the day
Indulging in chocolate hazelnut spread on toast for breakfast
A fun dream involving Obama and a red kitten
Being up and about with Patrick before 6:30 (a unicorn if ever there was one)
Getting back into Thai chi
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-24-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to witness a tender act of kindness in an outpatient waiting room
Fixing a computer problem
Time to think and reflect beneath comforting cloudy skies
Twelve new Buff Orpingtons to add to our laying flock
The enduring love Patrick and I have—he is the best decision I’ve ever made
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-23-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Standing shoulder to shoulder with fellow citizens to defend our democracy
Blackberries and apples in the morning oats
When the sever at a local restaurant recognizes you as you walk through the door
Fish tostadas with buttermilk brined and panko-crusted cod, skillet corn and black beans and sharp white cheddar
Making time for creativity
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-22-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Being surrounded by beauty, wonder and mystery the minute I step outside
A tidier studio = more room for creativity
Plans to make mini donuts tomorrow morning when the house is quiet and peaceful
Gluten free pop tarts
Onion and potato sets, ready to plant
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-21-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Weathering storms
The relief and release of a good cry
The wide variety of cat toys available to humankind
Sinking into a hot bath with lavender eucalyptus salts after work, windows open
When the morning commute takes me through rolling hills and farmland
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-20-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Spring’s gentle arrival at 5:01am
A soothing after work walk through the fields and into the woods, sitting on a fallen tree and listening to the wind
Pork and veggie fried rice waiting for me when I got home
Rediscovering coconut milk as a beverage, not just a cooking ingredient
Morning hugs from dear coworkers
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-19-2025
Good morning dear friends-today, I’m grateful for…
A bunny hopping about at the park and ride
Pie and sweet conversation with Patrick after work
Wearing an upcycled denim jacket with epic embroidery by a dear friend
A refreshing face wash
The constancy of the moon
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A deer’s trust…from a distance
Sun dried tomatoes and Kalamata olives on a Monday night pizza
An unexpected reprieve
Late night zany kitten antics that are more entertaining than tv
Touching impact stories from our advocacy volunteers in the field
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Organic frosted cornflakes and cheerios for dinner
Laughing with Patrick
The spectacle of yesterday’s weather
Letting in all this light
Watching the land come to life as we head toward spring
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-16-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Smooth, creamy oat bran with crunchy apples and maple syrup
Standing in the woods, my gaze turned upward at the swaying canopy, feeling lucky
How Patrick is all cat daddy
Prepping seed potatoes for planting later this week
Love incarnate
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Celebrating the start of another trip around the sun for my dear Patrick
The faint shrill of spring peepers, singing the forest and fields awake under cloudy skies
Doors and windows flung open to let in the first whiff of the new season
Clearing the last of the raised beds so we can get the potatoes, radishes, onions, kale, chard and snap peas planted
Chicken burgers on everything bagels with goat cheese
What are you grateful for today ?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈