4-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How trying not to step on the violets and spring beauties on the morning walk is more of a dance
A day off with Patrick and the land and the garden
How adding cheese to scrambled eggs helps them hold their heat longer
Senator Chris Van Wallen
Winning the first round with a bramble strangling a maple sapling
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Quick reflexes on the road this morning when an oncoming car went left of center
Shaking off the adrenaline
Getting to reassure, celebrate and congratulate coworkers on their excellent success working with their volunteers
How stargazing is quite relaxing just before going to bed
Laughing with yawning gas station clerk just before his shift ended
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-16-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A well-timed departure this morning, getting all my chores done before leaving the house, and still having time to fill the gas tank before catching the bus (whew)
The reassurance of good people working hard for justice
Feta cheese and pumpkin seeds on my salad for lunch
Tink being extra cuddly
The chance to return a favor
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A record-breaking NINE-bunny morning walk !!
Not adding to someone’s troubles
The way we pray, the way we try to live
Walking through a strong and telling wind, feeling strengthened and cleansed
When the math works
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time on the bench overlooking the meadow just as the sun is rising
Sesame sake grilled tuna steaks with toasted sweet potatoes and salad
Setting my feet to the day’s journey, my shoulders to the day’s work
Sweet potato chickpea cookies that turned out great
Trying out my new electric chainsaw garden pruner with Patrick
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Two kinds of potatoes, three kinds of onions, and crocuses planted
Lamb korma with basmati rice
Time with Kevin and Sharon
The colorful layers to a lavender cream and matcha latte
Plans to put more daffodil bulbs in the ground today
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A brisk stroll through the glittery frosted fields
Dinner and stories with Peggy and Rob
The gift of a soft and cheerful bee blanket
How there’s no stopping spring
Targeted clean up areas on the land
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-11-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Cooking dinner for Patrick while he rests on the couch
The deep haunting tones from the wind chime in front of the living room window
Cat nipped-out kitties
Making sense of data
Finally getting to that sun dried tomato and bean dip recipe I’ve been wanting to try
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Poached cod loin with steamed green beans and blistered tomatoes
Salvific moments that pull us back from the brink
When Tink pulls my hand in with her paws and falls asleep cuddling it
Feeling safe and comfortable in my own skin
Coming into rhubarb season
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-9-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A little Howard Jones’ “What is Love?” on the way to the bus stop
Getting happily lost in a work project
Washing dishes by the light of a golden setting moon
Reconnecting with my dear friend Lenny
Finally finding an effective way to clean the inside of a windshield
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈