4-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
An impulsive morning foot bath
Eye-opening experiences at work
Seeing people at their best and noticing it out loud
Poached salmon with fennel and sake-soaked cherry tomatoes
The whole morning teeth cleaning ritual
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The first violets of the season, wearing a light dusting of snow
Gathering with fellow creatives to make art and junk journals
The humble privilege of healthy choices
A chance to do better
Adding cinnamon to a fresh batch of chocolate chia seed pudding
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Making a batch of cinnamon chocolate no-bake cookies before going to bed
Seeing people show up for democracy
A really good cheeseburger with extra pickles
Meeting optimistic and energized Kenyon students
The tender green tips of every tree in the woods, reaching for the sunlight
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-5-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A game of hide-and-seek with three deer in the fields on the morning walk
Learning from water
Doing what I love—at home, at work and pretty much everywhere
A simple dinner of smoked sardines and almond crackers—it was enough
Finding a nursery that sticks red Buckeye trees
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A five-deer, two-possum, two-bunny, two-goldfinch walk
Fennel, bacon and blistered tomato quiche
The woods greening up
A day off to wander, mosey, putter and find peace
Honeyrun Farm’s new bourbon barrel honey
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-3-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Safe passage through a spectacular storm
Whatever the rain washed away
Jinxy on our welcome mat this morning, looking relieved after being outside all night
New teal rain boots
Memories of U2 concerts
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-2-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The chance to see a resident’s concern resolved and a volunteer’s masterful empowerment skills in action
Coming home to Patrick and comfort food after six hours on the road
The Appalachian beauty of southeastern Ohio
Helpful input from people who want me to help them deepen their EQ practice
Polishing my best pair of shoes
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Vintage linen calendar dish towels
A work road trip to a region I haven’t visited yet
The reassuring power of love and justice
People who understand how I tick and are patient with that
Eating thick banana slices from a Japanese rice bowl
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-31-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A fresh batch of chocolate chia seed pudding with coconut
New denim Bermuda shorts
A weekend of play combined with purpose
Being part of a smart work team
Continuing to take risks with my writing
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
3-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Cranking through the final tax prep with Patrick
Finishing a few sewing projects from the stack
Knowing what’s right and doing it
Getting rained on halfway through the morning walk
Gathering rocks from the creek for sweats
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈