2-7-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
That Friday afternoon feeling
Less scrolling, more reading
Bumper’s sweet purr while I’m exercising
A new possum visitor to the bird feeders, shows up at 2:00pm every day
Games and puzzles that work the brain
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-5-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Another quick trip through Costco after work
The comfort of a warm sweater and thick socks
A new buffalo chicken casserole recipe to try tonight
Cranberry scented hand lotion
Art I haven’t made yet
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-4-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My friend Matt’s integrity and how he loves to learn
A surprisingly deep and restful sleep
The capacity to love
Oven roasted broccoli and cauliflower with garlic and pepper
Tink, guardian of the night
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
2-3-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Slightly warmer temperatures so I can sit outside on the porch a little longer and look at the snow
Learning how to preserve a gorgeous puzzle I just finished
Putting out wedges of cut-up apples for the deer to find
A warm red plaid Pendleton blanket and a vintage red wide armed chair
Popcorn in the afternoon
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🫂
2-2-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Fun dreams that involved dancing with Bad Bunny
Wounds healing as they should
When learning includes laughing
Wearing a scarf in the house to keep my neck warm
My home office nook, cozy and bright
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🫂❄️
2-1-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A rare relaxed and lazy day
Talking EQ with Marie, Glenn, Laura, Mary, Sandra and Lindsey—such lovely people ❤️
Juicy clementines for breakfast
A 1,000 piece puzzle coming along nicely
When the clouds in the east look like mountains in the distance
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🫂
1-31-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Studio time with the sun streaming in endlessly and The Prisoner of Azkaban playing in the background
A hot bath by moonlight
The snow covering the meadow, still unbroken by anyone’s footsteps
Scrubbing the living room floor and feeling quite pleased with the result
So many books still to read, so many stories to hear
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❄️❤️
1-30-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sleeping in past 7:30 on a gloriously sunny day off
How birds, who look like they weigh nothing, still make the tiniest tracks in the snow
A coworker’s grace and understanding
An idea for a new reflection
The buttery toasted everything bagel I’m eating right now
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❤️❄️
1-28-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Nachos with crispy chicken tenders, fresh guacamole, salsa, and sharp white cheddar
Mike Burbiglia’s “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” performance
The warmth a single blanket can give
Water still flowing in the pipes through a bitterly cold night
A new favorite sweater
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🫂
1-27-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The kitchen faucet still dripping this morning
Longer stretches of deep sleep
Getting more proficient at new database report functions for work
Sweeping and shoveling the rest of the snow off the porch
The kind neighbors who showed up again yesterday with their Bobcat to clear my driveway
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❄️
1-26-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Finally—gluten-free Cheez-its—hallelujah!!
A simple dinner of those gluten free Cheez-its and smoked salmon dip
Butterfly Pea tea blend from Old Mr Bailiwick’s that starts out blue and then turns purple when you add lemon juice
Pushing past the storm-induced nervousness to a place of wonder, awe, and respect
Sitting in one of the metal lawn chairs on the porch, watching the snow fall and sinking into the utter silent beauty of it all
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❄️❤️
1-25-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Discovering that the Halloween Hello Kitty slipper socks I got at the thrift store are glow-in-the-dark
The first round of snow shoveling done, tucked back in the house with kitties and art projects
Checking the level in the propane tank and finding it had been refilled—thanks, Energy Co-op!
A most lovely and delightful gathering with kindred spirits to talk about emotions and how they teach us
A highly responsive lymphatic system
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❄️❤️
1-24-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Running water and freshly washed eggs
Red lentil and potato corn chowder with garlic, coconut milk, onions, and ginger
Reconnecting with a dear dear friend
The hot shower that awaits
How the right tea in the right mug can get the day off to a fantastic start
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌤️🫂
1-23-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Witnessing simple acts of kindness on the road
Chicken tender wraps and salad
Insulating the kitchen windows later today
Relishing that moment when I lay my weary bones to rest in bed at the end of a long day
Doing my best, as often as I can, wherever I am
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
1-22-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sensible and skilled truck drivers on the road in the dark morning
A kalua pork omelette with sourdough toast for dinner
Listening with my heart, planning with my head
The word “shimmer”
The salad I packed for lunch
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍓🫂🐒
1-21-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Roasted multicolor carrots atop mixed greens, with chunks of rotisserie chicken and a nice poppyseed dressing
How gratitude feeds resilience
My sweet laying hens who brave the cold with pluck and grace
Anytime I get to talk with Brittany
Midday pep talks
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🫂❤️🐒
1-20-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Scarves and hats and gloves and warm coats and socks and boots
The responsibility that comes with being free
Kitties tumbling about the living room, dealing with their cabin fever
A Valentine’s Day sewing project in the works
Just gazing at the stars
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🫂
1-19-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Not thinking twice about walking the land in this morning’s snowstorm, coming back to the house with indelible memories
Washing all the bowls and silverware I have, and most of my cloth napkins, because people I love came over to make art, eat, and enjoy each other’s company
The haunting sound of the big wind chime outside the living room window, soundtrack of the swaying trees on the ridge
Wondering which kind of soup I’ll have for lunch today, I made so many
The feelings people left behind yesterday for me to bask in as the day slowed down
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❤️