12-24-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A hug from Moe
Taking kitchen scraps to the compost pile ‘neath a black sky full of stars
Trader Joe’s vanilla lip mask, gift from dear friend Katie
The choices I’ve been making recently
Livable spaces
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄✨🫂
12-23-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Homemade chicken tender wraps with sea salt and lime tortilla chips on the side
A light traffic day
How grounding has been a part of my daily practice for almost thirty years
Maile and Tyler’s chocolate mochi brownies, Andi’s peanut butter cookies
New winter boots keeping my feet warm
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄✨🫂
12-22-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Finally giving the truck windows a thorough cleaning while it was warm enough to do so, with sparklingly clear results
A good dopamine rush after finishing a to-do list item like that
A gathering of the Adamshick and Shield women, eating, talking, remembering mom and her jewelry collection, taking home treasures
How the kitties make my house a home
Taking the concept of cozy to a whole new dimension
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄🫂✨
12-21-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time with Pam and her reassuring presence
Time with horses and new friends and new perspectives
That place in between grief and grace
A most delicious lentil soup with carrots, tomatoes and lots of good feelings
An unexpected gift card
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄❄️🫂
12-20-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A week filled with wellness appointments and good results
Getting the option to work remotely from Christmas Eve through the day after new year’s, and taking it
That sesame tahini cookie recipe exceeding my expectations, so much so, I made two batches
Being comfortable and smart with frugality
The hummus and chicken plate at Aladdin’s
What are you grateful for today? 🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄🫂
12-19-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time on the acupressure mat with a 10-lb cat on my stomach who just wants some attention
Not having to drive in this morning’s challenging weather
Trying out two new cookie recipes later this afternoon
When morning prayer and exercise combine
Indulging in the finest candied pork belly from a local bbq place, with smoky baked beans and cheesy potatoes on the side
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄❄️
12-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Safe and courteous drivers
A quick trip to Trader Joe’s after work
Finding things I thought were lost forever
A good pair of tweezers
Bring wrapped in love and support, something I don’t take for granted
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sliding, but not falling down, in the mud and ice around the front porch
Bean and beef nachos with chipotle salsa and gloriously sharp cheddar cheese
The lifelines that are my friends and family
70’s music to get your body moving
Milestones that inspire me to keep going
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-16-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Conversations before bedtime that help me sleep better
Chicken tenders in a light lemon caper piccata sauce
Making my own salad dressing
Having all the ingredients I need to make a mixed berry crumble-topped pie
Losing count of how many cavity-free trips to the dentist I’ve had over the years
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄❄️
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥰