12-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The difference one simple text message can make
Mending and embellishing a soft flannel hooded shirt jacket from the thrift store, getting to wear it this morning to the dentist
A new quilting project
Cinnamon coffee cake warm from the oven
Louie’s new car hammock
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The stunning beauty of the snow and quiet across the acres
A batch of newly stitched cloth napkins
More creativity today—sewing, repurposing, baking, reinventing and dabbling
A sturdy furnace and some heat tape for the pipes under the kitchen sink
Friends and family checking in as warm and safe during the storm
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🏳️🌈🤟🐈⬛🌈❄️🎄❤️
12-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting the chickens and birds taken care of before the winter storm
A day of being tucked into the studio, making cloth napkins, edible bird houses, watercolor notecards, and more books
Finding the utility pushbroom to move snow off the front porch
Walking to the woods later this afternoon in peaceful white stillness
A sweet card from my aunt and uncle that lifted my spirits
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄❄️
12-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Waking up to a sparkling clean and defrosted freezer
Kitchen and bathroom floors mopped before breakfast
How all setbacks are blessedly temporary
Finding the right place for another string of holiday lights
Chopped salad with chicken tenders, red cabbage and toasted pumpkin seeds
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-11-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A double batch of chocolate chia seed pudding chilling in the fridge
Getting home safely last night in the beautiful snow
Being on the receiving end of someone’s undivided and loving attention
New white towels
Keeping the mud room swept and tidy
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
That deer I couldn’t see this morning, just off the driveway, snorting and snorting…and snorting
A smooth ride to the bus stop on slick roads
Changing out my glasses now and then
Bono boots from Janie
A fun and new-to-me black and white checked shawl that looks great with leggings and a red scarf with bicycles on it
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-9-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Roasted acorn squash with cherry tomatoes, butter, salt, pepper and feta
The fridge looking cleaner
Plans to defrost the freezer this Friday and how good that always makes me feel
Gathering supplies to make seeded bird houses over the weekend
Finally, a sense of traction
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
12-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Keeping my promise to walk the land as often as I can, for as long as I can
An impulsive afternoon peppermint mocha
Extra butter in the oats this morning
All I got done yesterday that I didn’t expect
A simmering pot of fresh orange peels, star anise, cinnamon sticks and pumpkin pie spice
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
12-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Adopting a few monastic practices
Wandering around Winterfair with Peggy and Janie, laughing, smiling, being moved and delighted by the work of talented artists
Coming home with a carefully selected treasure—a seeded birdhouse that will make the winged ones happy
Thinking about making a pie later today
When the Christmas tree lights are on
How much of what I own can be replaced if necessary
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
12-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to spend the day with Janie and Peggy at this year’s Winterfair
Rotisserie chicken and spinach quesadillas
Breaking my own record at Costco—22 minutes, less than $140
A full and copper rising moon pulling me toward home at the end of a long workday
How the kitties like to snuggle close on cold nights
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
12-5-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The way the dead stalks of ironweed sparkled in the moonlight as I headed down the driveway
Two huge boxes of Hawaiian shirts arriving just when I needed a little joy and whimsy
Wearing one of those shirts to work today
Crisp air and healthy lungs to take it all in
How my body knows what it needs and what it doesn’t
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥰
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈