12-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A delicious grilled sandwich with leftovers: ham, raisin and candied orange peel sauce as jam, and a lovely bella tano cheese on crusty sourdough
Clearing out and downsizing four totes from the scary attic
Gentle time spent walking and talking with the land, gathering wild materials for art ideas
Teaching myself mechanical and household maintenance stuff
When the cats don’t knock over and unplug my hearing aid charger pod while I’m asleep
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-28-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A simple to-do list for today that includes going into the attic
How every day involves art and creativity in some fashion
Plans for a new chicken coop and run using one of the truck caps I have
A spontaneous cup of tea at midnight
This week’s lineup—a massage, more downsizing, vision-boarding with Joe and Marie and finishing a small sewing project
What are grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-27-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sleeping this head cold away
Finally getting a work project done, after 18 months of chipping away at it
That first sip of hot chaga tea in the morning, when the world is all quiet and dark
Organizing my files
Sitting on the porch in the gathering dusk, after a wonderful hot bath
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-26-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Hawk-proofing the chicken run
The hot bath I’ll get to take after work, with lavender and eucalyptus oils
Making roast pork tenderloin with rosemary and cherries for my family, with Boursin-stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer
Stepping outside in the dark for some lungfuls of fresh crisp morning air
Getting the rest I need
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
12-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The scent of a freshly cut grapefruit
Holiday traditions that include family and good food and stories
The healing power of a child’s joy
Tulsi rose tea
How much Nora is delighted by Louie
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄