1-12-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Having a strong and steady sense of self
Touching and powerful moments on yesterday’s morning walk
The trust of a young deer
Figuring things out as I work
When Tink cuddles in close on a chilly night
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❤️
1-11-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The continued healing and restorative wonders of my acupressure mat
A new tea for supporting grief and loss
A couple of fun painting projects today that will get the dopamine flowing
A fresh steaming bowl of steel cut oats with blueberries, raspberries, butter, pecans, and maple syrup
The courage and strength to do what I need to do
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
1-10-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Discovering a new neck and upper back stretch, with heavenly relief
Getting to be with Peggy and Rob today
Pulling more totes from the attic, sifting through memories and letting things go
Mini landscape quilts
Moving paintings and art around = frugal redecorating
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
1-9-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Anytime I get to talk with my sister Jane
Rotisserie chicken nachos for dinner with extra sharp cheddar cheese
Walking the land while she sings her warm breeze song
Good strategies for coping with stressful irritants
Holding space for myself
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
1-8-2026
Good morning dear friends-today, I’m grateful for…
Waking up, in so many ways
Less scrolling, more peace
How my pal Louie is such a good listener
Time to make a batch of sesame tahini cookies after getting home from work
Feeling sturdy, capable, and solid
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
1-7-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How there will always be stories
A welcome sense of peace
Seared ahi tuna steaks with a sesame tamari marinade and garlic roasted potatoes
Room to breathe and dream
Tucking all my ancestors and relatives in around me
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
1-6-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Nora’s cheerful squealing
The poetry the land gives
Extended time on the acupressure mat
A new quest—looking for the perfect foot stool
A different way to prepare tofu that works beautifully
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🫂
1-5-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My sister, Jane, for being born
Reading poetry before falling asleep
Discovering the art of Charley Harper through a thrift store puzzle
Setting new boundaries
Sesame ginger tofu with power greens and garlic
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
1-4-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A most delightful day with my sister, Peggy, that included zucchini fries, thrifting, and help loading up what’s now my new home office desk
Scoring two more bird houses at the thrift store that I will turn into refillable feeders
Moving bad memories on and away
No agenda today
When I finally pulled out that painful stubborn splinter
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
1-3-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Waking up with renewed purpose and intention
Moonlight as backdrop against the silhouettes of bare trees on the ridge
When the kindness of others brings tears of gratefulness
Shopping for a new coatrack or hall tree for the entryway
Plans to make a savory white bean and kale soup
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍳
1-2-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The peace that comes from stillness and contemplation
Seeing the land all dressed in white
An injury slowly healing
Fierce and unflagging support from all directions
Folks who show up
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🏳️🌈
1-1-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Having a safe and healing place to hunker down during the New Year’s Eve weather
Joe and Marie’s company, good food, thoughtful conversation and vision boards between us
Andi’s kind and encouraging persistence
What living intentionally feels like
The lentil soup from Aladdin’s, with falafel and hummus on the side
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎆
12-31-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Glimmers of possibility and hope
365 daily gratitude posts, all on this website
Good friends who cheer me on
How the cut on my finger stopped bleeding, finally
Filling the house with wonderful aromas of baked cookies, vanilla, cinnamon and honey
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨🐝
12-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A heart-shaped cutout in the clouds for an instant, filled with the pale blue of a cold winter sky
The telling howl of a transformative wind
Just how much my heart can hold
Still coaxing satisfying meals from Christmas leftovers
The next big work project
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄❄️
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?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎄