12-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Freshly washed eggs, the mud room swept and litter box emptied, stretches and weight lifting done
Allie’s creative talents
Witch hazel and jumbo cotton balls
Anytime I get to have scrambled eggs for dinner
Staying focused and centered
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
12-3-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Janie’s wisdom and reassurance, perfectly timed right before I fell asleep
How gosh darn stunning the landscape is with all this snow
Clear roads on the way to the bus stop
How the land and my prayers wrap around us and are intertwined
Roasted parsnips and carrots, the quintessential cold weather comfort food
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☃️
12-2-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The first snow of the season: thick, pure, everywhere
What a simple broom and some determination can do to get the porch and the cars cleared off
A glimmer of hope and reassurance
A leadership coach who challenges me effectively
Healthcare professionals who are already on the clock this morning, braving the snowy roads to do their good work
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❄️
12-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The ability to reason with myself, talk myself off life’s ledges and arrive in a place that is truly who I am
Sleeping more peacefully last night than I thought I would
Risks that pay off
The power of my endless imagination
A gluten-free everything bagel recipe that worked out just fine
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Adorable videos of Nora happily babbling away in Amsterdam
Time with Peg and Rob
A stray into the world of decadence with a Buckeye pudding parfait
Adding a sweet felted wool rabbit to the critter collection
Sleeping in past 6:00am, much to the kitties’ chagrin
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❤️🩶❤️🩶
11-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Cardboard boxes from Maria
An early morning organizing session
The mud room looking lighter
How warm our bathroom is (thanks, Mike!)
Finding treasures I forgot I had
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-28-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A rare day off after the holiday
Getting out the silver tabletop Christmas tree and festooning it with all my Hello Kitty decorations
A plan for all kinds of fun today—art, organizing, downsizing and a bath
Transmuting experiences
How well those hormone plug-ins keep the kitties calm when they’re all inside
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-27-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sitting still on a bench by the sweat lodge, listening to the wind
Reimagining the upstairs office space
Finally finding a good peanut dipping sauce recipe
Rice noodle salad with chopped purple cabbage, red onions, edamame, crushed peanuts, garlic and ginger
That my dear friend is out of the hospital
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍗
11-26-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Peggy’s reassurance and support
Getting to work remotely today when I thought I’d be downtown
Sourdough toast with butter
A power bowl with chicken, greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, hummus, pickled onions, toasted garbanzo beans and tzatziki sauce from Elias
An enjoyable after work run to the grocery store
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
11-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A smooth and uneventful ride into the bus terminal
Keeping connections strong with family and friends
Sesame ginger cod with a splash of tamari
Recommitting to my integrity
A light misting rain that reminds me of time spent in Maine
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🤟🏳️🌈