7-22-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Two consecutive days on the walking path, not needing bug spray
Almond butter on toast, tart cherries on the side
How trees talk to each other beneath our feet
Taking a road trip for work on such a gorgeous day
The urgency toward wholeness in our relationships
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-21-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Finding a way forward, with courage and humility
Goat cheese on toast
Spider webs hanging low and bejeweled with dew
The responsibility that comes with wealth, and folks who understand that
The aroma of freshly ground coffee
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-20-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Holding Jackie’s hand while we talked through the afternoon
A plan for the day that includes sewing, bookbinding, baking, planting lavender and beets and maybe, just maybe…napping
Cleaning the fridge one shelf at a time
Digging out a great broccoli tahini salad recipe and using the red onions we grew
Watching the wild blackberries turn from fire red to deep purple as they ripen
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-19-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My sister’s kindness and her talent for making Greek chicken lemon soup
A foggy morning filled with the sweet trilling of a house wren close by
Argentinian red shrimp in a garlic broth bath over stir fried vegetables and a side of spinach risotto
Getting to see Jackie again today
Six blueberry plants rescued from the sale rack, planning their new home
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Curls and scraps of sycamores’ bark scattered on the grass at their feet, pages of their invisible story
Fresh tart cherries for breakfast
Safe and beautiful trip home from Findlay after a work event, seeing the expansive fields and sunny skies of northwest Ohio
Cuddled by gray clouds and light breezes on the morning walk
Clean dishes, clean eggs, laundry put away, floor swept = a little bit of peace
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A comforting breakthrough
Mochi pancake and waffle mix
Finding two everything bagels in the freezer
Patrick rescuing eight more marked down cedar trees from Kroger
What a kind word and thoughtfulness can do for a person’s soul
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Finally getting to make a batch of skillet flatbread, sprinkled with Parmesan
Patrick’s incredible score on seven cedar trees
A cool morning and a hot cup of tea
Standing my ground without begging
The comfort of pizza
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The soothing sound of rainsong in the woods
Getting lost in the garden yesterday morning for three and a half glorious hours
Grilled tri-tip steak with grilled polenta and our own All Blue, Pontiac and Yukon Gold potatoes, oven roasted with garlic, flake salt and pepper
Knowing it’s ok to be distracted and moving through it
Harvesting potatoes with Patrick, prepping to braid the garlic and onions
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time with family after time with my dear friend, closing the circle of love and support
Holding Patrick close
Reinvigorating our commitment to simplicity and joy
A walk in silence, complete and comforting, carrying all I love with me into the woods
Fresh lemon juice in my morning water
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Jackie’s smile and wisdom, all within arm’s reach yesterday
Fresh strawberries
Listening to Seth, my heart going out to him and his brother, Jason
Caregivers anywhere and everywhere
More lessons in love and grief
What are you grateful for today ?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-11-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A friend’s courage and perseverance
When packages arrive safely
A road trip to Akron with friend Jackie waiting at the end
Dried cinnamon apples from the Mr Peanut shop downtown
Steamed cod with creamy polenta and pan seared zucchini
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Memories of my dear friend, Jackie, rushing to the surface
Cooler evenings
Wearing an outfit I haven’t worn in a long time, and feeling great in it
The aroma of pan sautéed mushrooms
How there’s always an opportunity to grow, help, soothe, celebrate
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-9-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A quiet walk in the field after dinner, checking on the red Buckeye sapling and the day lilies
Scrambled eggs with red onion from the garden, spinach and Parmesan
Giving and receiving grace
Making art on my lunch break
The comfort of clouds and overcast skies, a break from the searing sun
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A six-bunny, one-deer, one-HUGE-dragonfly morning walk
Enough rain to make the land look lush
Robert De Niro
Roasted vegetables over pasta with olive oil, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh Parmesan
Giving away art studio treasures to dear friends
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🤟🏳️🌈