8-31-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The aroma of coffee and chocolate baking in fresh batches of our Mocha granola
Another land project tackled after looking at it for too long
Sheet pan roasted veggies with a tahini-tamari sauce drizzled on top, piled onto short grain brown rice
Remembering and honoring a late friend’s creativity and spiritual path
Eggs and dishes washed, vacuuming next
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Another road trip north today, to help Jackie’s family bring a little more closure to her passing
Needing—and having—blankets
Sweet memories of the fairy tree in the woods, now laid down to rest on the spongy soft forest floor (I hope the owls and squirrels she housed have found new and loftier digs)
Almond butter toast with bananas
Planning for a day of art and food with the young ones
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Katie’s abiding support and comforting presence
Sesame chicken with a side of crab Rangoon and a big glass of cool water
Always coming back to love. Always.
Refocusing in each moment on the present
All that still makes sense
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-28-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Andrew’s guidance
The healing gift that writing always brings
Fresh cool air all around me on the morning walk, with a promising sun
Pausing for tea and journaling
Tink’s comfort, how she just…knows
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-27-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Needing gloves and my unicorn head wrap on the morning walk
How the living things around me give comfort without asking why, or for anything in return
Pam and Christin
Watermelon for lunch
Going to the places that need healing, no matter how difficult it is
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕🌈📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-26-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sister hugs and new friends who understand
Keeping it real
How the cats know when to curl up beside me and purr
Putting the studio back together, thinning out unused art supplies
This delicious morning chill
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Working on a simple land project involving fallen branches and a field tile blowout hole
Time on the mower in the meadow under crisp blue skies
The depth of my love for Patrick and the good man he is
Setting up the new shelving unit in the studio and reorganizing my art supplies
Sinking deep into prayer
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-23-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Wingstem season
Oil changed, car washed, hair cut, kittens fed
An early morning trip to Circleville to drop off a granola order
More bananas in the house again
How close and protective everything feels on the walking paths
What are you grateful for today ?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-22-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Jackie stories and memories rising to the surface
Kitchen time with Rebecca and Sarah
Watercolor markers and paper within arm’s reach on the end table by the couch
Morning prayer filling the house with the scent of sage, sweet grass, cedar and lavender
Zucchini ravioli and salad
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-20-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Lightning and thunder rocking me to sleep
The soothing scent of lavender
Little frogs popping up everywhere
Finishing a granola order to be delivered this weekend
Salads that look like art
What are you grateful for today?☮️🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-19-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Finding new friends in an unexpected place
Teaching myself new skills that buoy my spirit
The stunning beauty of the walking paths in late afternoon sunlight
A soft warm breeze to smooth out the day’s rough edges
Making life simpler, a little bit every day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sheet pan roasted vegetables with chickpeas and a lemony Dijon dressing
Carrying on Jackie’s legacy of generosity
A cleaner mud room (next up—the fridge)
Pushing back against the threat of isolation and loneliness
How everyday on the land is my own personal retreat
What are you grateful for today?☮️🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Pushing through difficult times
Cricketsong in the wee hours of the morning
Passing along things that were given to me, keeping the vibe of generosity going
How one phone call made a good difference for a dear friend
Getting to see Krystal today and meeting her boyfriend
What are you grateful for today?☮️🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-16-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Cleaning up the chicken run, watering troughs and all, before sitting down to eat
Dusting off old perceptions
Tending to feelings and growth
Cool chunks of watermelon for breakfast
Receiving kind words with humility and thankfulness
What are you grateful for today?☮️🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How, in the right light, the Queen Anne’s lace blossoms in the field look like horizontal snowflakes floating above the tall grasses
Giving handmade gifts to cherished coworkers
Patrick’s magical creativity with leftovers
Mushroom hot cocoa
Choosing peace over productivity
What are you grateful for today?☮️🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The chance to shower or take a bath every day
Getting to sleep peacefully in a clean and comfortable bed
Having food to eat and a place to prepare it
A daily rhythm that starts with telling Patrick I love him, having him within arm’s reach
Stars visible through the fog
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨
8-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The rain…the sweet and long overdue rain
The shake Patrick made for me so early this morning
Feeling so many things at once and waiting on others
Fitful sleep with no dreams
A clean, comfortable bed with good pillows and soft sheets
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Cool mornings, breezy afternoons
Peanut butter chocolate chia seed pudding
Patrick, just because he exists
Choosing my next sewing project with the greatest enthusiasm
The dangerously delicious strawberry matcha latte from Starbucks
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈