11-24-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A good long sleep with o my one bad dream
Friends and family, just a phone call away
Chipping away at a land project
Giving away some beautiful antique wooden crates to a dear friend
How the land always knows what to say
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-23-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Meandering through Amish country on a sunny Saturday
Apple cider season
Switching from rolled oats to steel cut oats
Clean bathroom rugs
Refreshing the living room
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-22-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My sister Jane
Rob’s recovery
When tuna, cream cheese, horseradish and sriracha come together
Getting to know my community better, one event and gathering at a time
Having several good and right options to choose from
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-21-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Whatever impulse or core value prompts people to be compassionate
More fog and mist for the morning walk
Kittens, surprisingly calm
Cobb salad from the Rusty Bucket
Right-sizing my fears
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-20-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How that first sip of hot tea gets the day off to a comforting start
Talking with my aunt Janie, how reassuring she is
Home—the soft place to land, dream, feel safe
Lightening the egg load in the fridge
The plush stuffed animals at the hospital gift shop
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-19-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The closure that comes from forgiveness
An entire day to focus on family
A morning walk through mist, mystery and wonder
Becca’s help with the chickens today
Every single time Matt and I talk. Every time.
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A reliable internal body clock = no alarm necessary
Sesame seared tempeh with fresh bright lights chard from the garden
Manuka honey cough drops
Happy chickens, happy cats
Improvements to the studio’s layout
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting up at 1:30am, dressing in layers, grabbing a couple of thick blankets and sitting in the eastern field to watch the Leonids
Thinning out my stash of buttons
The scent of fresh cedar
Finding a tiny vintage Christmas tree with little clay star ornaments
Knowing how to read and write
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-16-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A batch of carrot cake granola baking in the oven, filling the house with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and clove aromas
Finding an effective cough suppressant
Getting lost in time, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and art in the studio
The leaf-shaped hole punches I bought
Time in the meadow, cutting up one of the fallen mulberry trees
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🤟🏳️🌈
11-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A shift in thinking that comes from being open to all feelings that arise
Sudafed
Help from a coworker figuring out a tricky section of the new database
Four violets in the meadow. In November.
Another day of reinventing myself
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🤟🏳️🌈
11-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting enough sleep—a nice change
Roasted butternut squash with olive oil, salt and pepper
The privilege of praying for others
Washing the soft fluffy couch throws and lap quilts
Putting memories to rest one at a time
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🤟🏳️🌈
11-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Middle of the night meditation and affirmations
The quiet peace of dark early morning
Gathering items for the local food pantry
Having two pairs of Hello Kitty socks
Asking the question “how much art can a person create?” and having an answer
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Finally getting to see the northern lights in my own backyard
A fantastic braised cabbage recipe with room for variations
Encouragement from all directions
The scent of autumn
Pushing through an annoying cold with lots of tea and honey
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-11-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Window quilts to slow down the drafts
How easy it was to tuck in the chickens last night
All that the land understands that I don’t
The feeling of putting that last puzzle piece into place
Not giving up
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Braised red cabbage with chicken maple sausages and rosemary roasted potatoes
A day of puzzles, art and resting
A mild and soft first snow of the season
All the ways to cook and bake with pumpkin
Honey in my tea—lots of it
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to spend the day with Andi in beautiful Athens, Ohio
Clean home = peaceful home
Making progress on a complex puzzle
Fog and moonlight—great combination for the morning walk
My faithful companions: chaga tea and Tink
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
11-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A midday visit to the Mr Peanut Shoppe with Katie for treats
Cloud-muted moonlight
This morning’s walk, waiting patiently
Finally washing the windows upstairs
The hunt for a good pair of books to get me through the winter
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A little Billy Joel on the ride into work
When you wake up from bad dreams
Standing on the grass by the chicken coops, bathed in moonlight
A hug from Moe
An idea for a vintage tissue and wrapping paper collage
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-5-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
More of that delicious sesame seared ahi tuna with spicy mixed greens on the side
Getting to see people I care about today
How much I’m enjoying hooded sweatshirts these days
Encircling myself in prayer
How love just keeps going. And going…
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈