5-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How the rain makes leaves’ and tree bark’s colors richer
The five deer that let me walk by and didn’t snort or run away
The arrival of my butterfly pea seeds
When Patrick surprises me with new clothes
Aloe vera gel straight from the fridge
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Little Nora’s first visit to Naked Acres
Another tree planted in the memory garden
Carrot cake overnight oats
A full day on the mower beneath a great big sky
Cutting a new walking path in the eastern field
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-11-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The forest floor alive with squirrels, and spotting a little black one
All the day’s work being outside today
Anytime I can wrangle brambles off of a tree sapling
My niece, Maile, celebrating her first Mother’s Day
Discovering blueberry goat cheese
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How the land holds our memories, and we trust each other
Getting to be part of Forrest and Dawn’s wedding ceremony
Walking boots slick with a new day’s dew
Looking forward to time on the mower later today
Being there for the arrival of the day’s first egg
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥚
5-9-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Watching three deer leap over a tree blocking the walking path, stunning because the tree was at least four feet off the ground
On track with our direct sow seeds and indoor starts
Eating so much better this week than last week, and that I even have food choices
BBQ chicken pizza and the Stanley cup playoffs, watching the Edmonton Oilers win in overtime
Taking overnight oats to a new level
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The sun rising over a day of challenges and triumphs and love
Walking the east field with Patrick, reimagining its shape and the new life already growing there
More southern breezes
Sweet memories of time at Tybee Island with Peg and Rob And Patrick
The strength to believe in different outcomes
What are you grateful for today?🙃🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A little U2 on the way into work (Where the Streets Have No Name)
The difference a little prep the night before makes in the morning
A deepening respect for what long-term care advocates do every day
A variety of options
Having a clean and comfortable bed
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A friend’s progress following surgery
Radishes and potatoes up and reaching for the sun
Time for tea and breakfast before a busy work day
Walking through walls of lush green saplings dripping with yesterday’s raindrops
Pan roasted shrimp and asparagus with sesame ramen noodles
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-5-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Hearing wild turkeys on the morning walk
The return of the hammock spinners in the fields
Everything greening up everywhere
Time with two dear friends, helping them with their wedding ceremony
Raspberry oat pancakes for dinner
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Black cherry creamed honey on an English muffin
Mastering the English paper pieced hexagon quilt technique in one afternoon
Life after granola
Supporting the farmers market up the road
Tackling a few small land projects before breakfast
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-3-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A day of retreat with my deeply wonderful work team
How good it feels to be home on a rainy Saturday morning in May, remembering what it was like to be setting up for the farmers market in years past
Crafting with a new friend later this afternoon at the local library
Patrick’s integrity and commitment to his own self-awareness
Scrambled eggs, toast and stewed heirloom tomatoes for breakfast
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-2-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Taking a virtual meeting in my car while the rain poured down and the thunder rumbled
Steamed ginger ahi tuna with caramelized kimchi, salty cucumbers, baked sweet potato and millet ramen noodles
Patrick’s hard work in the garden, solarizing the grass
New-to-me denim capris that fit like a dream
Cutting back and rooting out invasive plants around the chicken coops
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Watching the storm cross the sky while I wait for the bus
The peace that comes from loving and living simply
Leaving a clean kitchen and a fresh batch of overnight oats for Patrick to find when he wakes up
When the morning commute is more open fields and no billboards
What a kind word can do
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to pray for dear friends who are struggling
The three catbirds who were checking me out on the walking path this morning
A little bit of gardening at first light
Planting an entire raised bed with five different kinds of radishes
Whatever “glue” is holding us together right now
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A refreshing shower after the morning walk
Trying a new recipe for overnight oats with bananas, cocoa and chia seeds
Cookout season
Also trying a new recipe for cucumber kimchi
The people who come along with me in my thoughts throughout the day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-28-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Mulching two of the raised beds before sunrise and the morning walk
Scoring the denim we wanted at a Westerville thrift store
Time to wonder
Telling stories from Sundances past
The first nettles harvest of the season
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-27-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Rebecca and Sarah’s joy from repurposing two of our three rabbit hutches
Patrick’s joy as he trimmed the trees along the driveway and walking path using our new mini chainsaw pruner
A simple feast of vegetables, dips and homemade cookies
Sane voices amidst the madness
Another day to listen to the land
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-26-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How oatmeal holds its heat to melt the butter and maple syrup together
The look on Jinxy’s face when I move him off my spot on the couch
Rediscovering kefir
Setting my heart in a good place before trimming back the brambles
Making dinner for Patrick when he’s too tired
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The tangy scent of the woods in early spring
Stepping back to recalibrate an ongoing challenge, and then let it go
Getting to clock out a little earlier today
Time in the studio
When nature waters the garden
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🌻☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-24-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Celebrating good people who are making a real difference in the lives of others
Spending less time in the digital world
Patrick’s broccoli and red potato quiche, with onions and cheddar
The power of breakthroughs
Getting out the Birkenstocks for the first time this season
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈