9-20-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Early morning kitten zoomies and catnip
The process of reinventing oneself
A day of accomplishments awaiting me
Full-on squash and mum season
Perfectly cooked sunny side up eggs with toast and slices of avocado
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-19-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A good sleep in past 5:00am
Finding more potatoes in the raised bed, still perfectly edible
All the choices I have
Starting a scrap metal pile for outdoor art projects
Paying my respects to Rick , a good and decent man
What are you grateful for today?☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A midday walk with Katie to a downtown neighborhood that is just charming
Continuing to choose love no matter what
Standing beneath the stars, listening intently
Anticipation of a much-needed day off
The people who clean the buses I ride
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Keeping the promises I make
Grounding more often during the day
An impulsive load of pre-dawn laundry, hung by the light of a million stars
The huge chocolate chunk cookies Andi left behind on Sunday, on purpose
Strengthening connections
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-16-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Peach yogurt with Peggy’s grain-free granola
Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book, All the Way to the River
Fun at the dentist with Louie and Morgan
Keeping my prayers deep, wide and inclusive
How the house keeps getting lighter
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sister time with Jane under a buckeye tree and blue skies
Making a double batch of mom’s no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies before doing any other household chores
Slowly getting out the autumn comforts—blankets, dried flowers, more tea, watercolor sketch books
Feeling more organized
Wrapping up the day with Andi, eating lacinato kale and tofu salad on the porch, talking about work and the challenges of human relationships
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time with Andrew, Peggy and Rob yesterday, tidying up the land, having lunch
Peggy’s Cherokee tomato quiche
Choosing what feelings I give my energy and attention to
Starting the day talking with Joe about EQ, and a ham and cheese croissant
Showers of yellow leaves falling from the black walnut trees along the driveway
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Diving into Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book, “All the Way to the River”
A single coyote singing in the meadow around 2:00am
Handcrafted lip balm from my friend Jen
Erica’s kindness and guidance
Listening to the land, being soothed and comforted by her sweet voice
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Wondering where love will take us next
Reassuring wisdom from dear friend Marie—“What if it all works out?”
Cottage cheese with tamari and sesame seeds
Protecting my heart from contempt and despair
Planning for tomorrow’s garden project with Andrew
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Taking the concepts of holding space and waiting on feelings to a deeper level
Friends within arm’s reach who give great hugs
Sometimes, a really good cry
Whatever force bigger than I am, who sees what I can’t
Making a HUGE batch of chocolate mochi pancakes with hemp seeds
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The morning walk, all moonlight and tree-dappled shadows
And speaking of moonlight, how it filters and fractures through the sun catchers (which will now need to be renamed)
Cleansing rituals of all kinds
Simple acts that ease the weight of grief
Finding my ideal bedtime and watching it work magic on my energy and mood
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Giving some of my dear friend’s artwork a new place to call home
Early morning napping on the recliner
Trying out a mixed berry chia seed jam recipe
Taking myself out for lunch at Grinder’s, where my dear friend and I would eat in between antique shops
Getting wise counsel from the land
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A quick morning coffee and catch up with Ruth
How love is stronger than fear and brokenness
Finding my feet during challenges and standing strong, gentle and determined
When the cats actually get along with each other
Gluten free cinnamon snap cookies
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-5-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My sister, Peggy, on her birthday
Epiphanies that bring comfort and healing
Honest conversations rooted in the best love has to give
Rediscovering my love for jigsaw puzzles
Salted edamame with a side of briny raw sauerkraut
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Rain, sweet rain
Continually gaining perspective
Letting others carry me for a while
The important work of self-awareness
Folks who truly practice the art of active listening, giving undivided attention and gentle presence
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-3-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Tink, my sweet and constant companion lately
Fresh Cara Cara oranges for breakfast
Getting a good report from the furnace guy who came to do our annual maintenance check
Yogurt with blueberries and maple syrup
The confirm of wearing one of my dad’s sweaters
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-2-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A soft yellow sky preceding the blue one to come
3:00am conversations with my brother
Standing outside beneath the Milky Way and just gazing up in wonder
Getting things crossed off my to-do list and it’s not even 8:00 yet
The artwork that I’ll pick up on Saturday
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
9-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Art and food with the Young Ones
Breakfast with Andi
Clearing weeds away from the north side of the barn, digging out an old chicken pen and mowing the rest down
Bananas in the fruit bowl, chilled by the night air of a nearby open window
Simply knowing Joe and Marie
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈