7-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting all ten acres of field, meadow, walking paths and open lawn cut over the long weekend, and loving every minute of it
Being better at shifting my thoughts away from negative spiraling
That post-walk shower-clean feeling
Learning about lacrosse
A kind and thorough downsizing of all my art supplies
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Mulching where the garlic grew, the soil still fragrant from this year’s harvest
Silence in the woods on the morning walk, my own private retreat
Spreading fresh wood chips in the chicken run for the girls to play in
Finally making headway on clearing out the weeds below the grove of sweet gum saplings
A lovely last gathering with six new friends, food and support and encouragement between us, and connection
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-5-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast
How loud and proud the girls are when they lay their eggs
A most impressive onion and garlic harvest
Making food for new friends
Moments of deep peace and hope
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A whole lotta tree and bramble trimming on the morning mosey
Parmesan and spinach in the eggs today
Mussels bathed in a garlic and lemony broth, with toasted gnocchi, zucchini fries and Mazza’s famous salad on the side
A quest for the perfect tart cherry ice cream
Clever spiders who set their webs parallel to the walking path instead of across it
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🤟🏳️🌈
7-3-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My feet on the soft tall grass of the walking paths again, after far too long
The paella at Barroluco, an Argentinian restaurant around the corner from the office
Early morning laundry-hanging
Always loving roasted green beans and mashers
The strong likelihood that I’ll FINALLY be able to cut the grass after work
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🤟🏳️🌈
7-2-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Baby deer, romping
A blue ticking striped boyfriend shirt
Remembering a friend’s writing and storytelling skills
Being on track with a big work project
When dinner is simple as the time passes between us easily
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🤟🏳️🌈
7-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Lightning that surrounds you at sunset
The surprise gift of a matcha latte from Patrick
An entire day to work on one project, testing my focusing capabilities
A cotton candy sunrise
A good report from the eye doctor
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Tending to our sweet little thirsty hummingbirds
Reinforcing the walls of the chicken coop after an attempted break in by some raccoons
Grilled pork tenderloin with a coffee-spiked brine
A cancelled appointment that freed up time to work on a big project
Making a dent in my studio art supplies, finding things to send along to friends
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Reaffirming a slew of coping strategies, including denial, avoidance, irreverent humor, indignation and gardening
Tending to the garden this morning in the fog and humidity, replanting volunteer tomatoes, weeding and cutting back thistles
An indoor project waiting for me in the studio that will make things easier
More baby raccoon antics in the mulberry branches
The give away box, filling up again with other people’s treasures
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-28-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
An impulsive late nite pizza with kalamata olives and Parmesan
More mulberry tree trimming as the storms rolled in before dinner
Using the cut branches from the mulberries as trellises for the beans in pots in the porch
A fresh batch of coconut almond chocolate chia seed pudding
Sitting at sunset, still and grateful for all we know and have here on this tiny slice of paradise
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-27-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A dear friend who teaches me perseverance, trust and keeping the outlook big
Cute little raccoons in the mulberry trees
Nature shows
A mid-morning walk downtown with coworkers, visiting the peanut shop and the farmers market
A chicken, mushroom and kale gratin, with sun dried tomatoes, onion and charred bell peppers
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-26-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Crumbled black bean burgers over mixed greens with fresh guacamole, sharp cheddar, salsa and Greek yogurt
Learning what we can handle and what needs our loving attention
How COTA doesn’t charge folks to ride in this extreme heat
Getting another day to do something meaningful
My brother’s enthusiasm for our home repair needs
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A slow cooling down that feels so good
Rescue kitties doing splendidly
A day for reading and thinking and reviewing
Plans for eating the potatoes we harvested over the weekend
Seeing the impact of a new approach to food
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-24-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
An ever-so-slightly cooler morning, easier for taking care of the day’s first chores
Making a huge batch of Wolferman’s chicken salad
Two nights in a row with no Netflix or Amazon prime reruns, just us talking
Sturdy chickens who can manage themselves in this heat
Refilling food and water stations to keep our winged and four-legged relatives alive
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-23-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sane voices in the midst of chaos
The joy of shredding old documents and composting them
How the kitties teach us to stretch and stay grounded
Eating frozen raspberries with chopsticks
Finally feeling the refreshing difference all of our downsizing efforts have made
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-22-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A cool night’s sleep, thanks to Rebecca and the window AC unit she helped us install last Friday
Time with Joe and Marie and Patrick and sesame chicken and fried rice
Gently crossing things off my vacation accomplishments list
How stunning the clouds are when it’s humid
Freshly mulched garden beds and an unplanned red onion harvest
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-21-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A surprisingly productive day after a morning of errands
Switching up my morning rhythm
Strawberry almond cake with Penzey’s Cake seasoning, vanilla ice cream in the side
Rebecca’s help putting in the window AC units
Spending the day working and playing alongside Patrick, then out to dinner with Joe and Marie
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-20-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How just when I’m sad about mulberry season coming to an end, the wild black raspberries start ripening
Trimmed fingernails and pushed-back cuticles
The therapeutic rhythm of weeding the garden beds by hand
Not being uncomfortable asking for help
A new little sock monkey to take with us on road trips
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-19-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
What’s still in place after last night’s storm—trees, plants on the porch, electricity
A new mulberry cake recipe that’s a keeper, and adaptable to other fruits
Mr and Mrs Hummingbird, skirmishing happily ‘round the feeder
Taking time to learn about the origins of words and phrases
Fresh fruit from a farmers market in Danville
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
6-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
That “waking up on the first day of vacation” feeling
Cutting back the weeds along the east side of the house before breakfast
Having ideas but no itinerary or agenda, just going where the music takes me and doing what the voices tell me
Lavender and lilies to plant
Two delicious-sounding recipes involving mulberries and lemons
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈💙🧡