8-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The deep rich purple of the first ironweed blooms
A lovely quiche made with leftover stir fried veggies and rice and ham
The kittens, fascinated with their view from the windowsill
A cool morning after so much relentless heat, perfect for a steaming bowl of oats
Feeling better
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-31-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Dropping and doing fifty ab crunches on the walking path near the woods, startling a young deer
A clean kitchen to start the day
Finally, tomatoes and cucumbers!
Learning hockey slang and jargon
Watching the wind play with clusters of leaves on the mulberries and black walnuts
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting up earlier than I expected, and enjoying the peace
Acupuncture points that relieve stress and anxiety (thanks, Nicole)
Honoring our losses and grief with tears
Teaching myself how to alter a couple of dresses
Making time to intentionally create, make art, enjoy the process
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🏒
7-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to celebrate my brother’s birthday for all these years
Feeling understood and appreciated
Tuna salad on a toasted English muffin
Chaga tea and mulberries
A nice foot soak to start the day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-28-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Fog in my eyelashes and on my face
How the morning walk calms down everything. Everything.
Making support animals for friends at work
A magnificent spiderweb on the front porch
Black beans and rice with smoked chicken
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-27-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
That rush of cool air when a storm is coming and the temperatures drop
Chocolate mochi pancakes with maple syrup
An early anniversary gift—tickets to the Oilers/Blue Jackets game in November
A rare morning rainbow in the west
The tiny Mexican gherkin cucumbers coming on nicely, along with carrots, chard, and five kinds of lettuce
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-26-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Maple Dijon glazed salmon with corn and potato soup and broccoli tahini salad on the side
Mango Greek yogurt with cinnamon granola
Spectacular afternoon storms
Watching reruns of the Stanley Cup playoffs and the Oilers’ trip to the finals
Pulling out some paused sewing projects
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to co-facilitate with Katie about healthy boundaries
The siren call of the walking paths before sunrise
Not needing to go anywhere today
Baked potatoes with goat cheese and a sprinkle of salt
How much the heart can hold
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-24-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A situation that turned out to be more pleasant than I thought it would be
Getting past a hectic run of projects and appointments at work
Broccoli chicken rice casserole
Big blue skies and random clouds
A new breakfast favorite—mochi pancakes
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-23-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The power of actively listening to someone
A picnic lunch with caring, selfless and smart people
Not panicking during a minor bit of car trouble on the road yesterday
Traveling through parts of the state I’ve never been to, enjoying the sunny hills and fields
Coming home to chickens, soft grass and leftover pad Thai
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈