5-8-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A mosquito-free morning walk
And—eight deer watching me as I stepped quietly past them on the field path
Another dry day to finish up the weeding and mulching projects
Vanilla bean cashew yogurt from Trader Joe’s
The support and kindness from Ayaka, my EQ network leader coordinator
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨🐒
5-7-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Where I get to live, every single day
Katie’s insights and timing
Catching up on lost sleep
Egg and tuna salad with the rest of a chopped salad mixed in, grilled in a flatbread wrap
Reassurance that maybe I’m on the right track after all
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐒
5-6-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
An unexpected encounter that has me thinking in new ways
My friend, Mark, checking in regularly and kindly
How cosmetic upgrades around the house really lift my spirits
Knowing I’ll sleep well tonight
Coming home to a clean bathroom, kitchen, living room, and studio
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🏳️🌈🐈⬛🍦🧰
5-5-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
People still being outraged at injustice
Mussels in a garlicky buttery white wine broth
The return of the house wrens and their sweet song all day long
Everything the wind had to say last night
Listening to my heart
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☔️
5-4-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Watching the bright moon go softly pale as she sets
The mocking birds in the field this morning in full voice
Waking up to acres of grass that look like green velvet and getting to walk across all of it
Stretching out beneath my trees in the early morning hours
Cleaning out the fridge one container of leftovers at a time
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈❤️
5-3-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My brother’s carpentry skills and engineering mind
A new cat tree that is a better fit for the living room space
Moving through uncertainty and hesitation, sometimes with grace, sometimes without, but still moving
The easy thrill of freshly washed bathroom throw rugs
How the land always knows what I need, and delivers with unrestrained generosity
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝✨
5-2-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A necessary and profound question from the woods on the morning walk: what would healing look like?
Another weeding project finished before breakfast
Bright sun, blue skies, chilly air
An “everything” salad: lettuce, baby bok choy, cucumbers, red bell peppers, carrots, cabbage, and crisp red radishes
How Friday night pizza never gets old
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍕🥗
5-1-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Dessert after breakfast
How trees can right-size you in a second
Flinging gratitude across the fields with joyous abandon
A pretty new green throw for the chair in the living room
A day to play downtown, taking a break from house and land projects
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☔️
4-30-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Squishing through sections of the walking path after last night’s rain
My minimalist tendencies paying off
How the land receives my thoughts and feelings, prayers and wondering, with such generosity
Pork belly, brisket, and the best smokey baked beans from Road Hog Willy’s
Learning how to caulk
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🧰
4-29-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Three days off to watch the land green up
A chilly rainy day to make the house feel even more cozy
The way the sun catches the ripples in the creek and turns them into diamonds
Bourbon infused honey in my morning tea
Chicken and vegetable potstickers with brown rice
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥢
4-28-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The promise of a refreshing shower later today, complete with strawberry body wash and loofah
Cheese enchiladas topped with carnitas, roasted peppers and onions, and sour cream
A green tea and red bean ice cream sandwich in the shape of a fish
John and Mary Kay’s generous hearts and help with a huge outside project
A heart tender enough to care, strong enough to keep going
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☔️
4-27-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Lively time with dear family, celebrating birthdays
A solid and productive morning spent outside with the grass, the birds, and sweet memories
Knowing how much sugar is too much in one day
Nora’s giggles
White pizza on a cauliflower crust
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍕
4-26-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Evidence of last night’s woodland creature escapades on the morning walk
Locking eyes with three does and a buck near the woods
The zen of landscaping on a cool and sunny day
Rediscovering treasures in the barn
Orange juice with breakfast
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🏳️🌈🐈⬛☀️
4-25-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
When the expense of lawn looks like green velvet right after it’s mowed
The luxury of sleeping in on a Saturday, with no trace of guilt whatsoever
Looking at Tink’s kitten pictures with Mike
Peanut butter and strawberries in my morning oats
Giving away stuff in good condition
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐈⬛
4-24-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How the bigness of the woods gives context to my smallness
Cumin noodles with rotisserie chicken and peas
The simple thrill of new windshield wipers
Candy cane ice cream after dinner
A gathering of volunteers and lively discussion
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍦
4-23-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The cheese curds at Bickerdyke Table & Tap
A most exciting and dramatic storm on the way home from work, complete with hail and strobe lightning
Seeing deer and rabbits in the field who are familiar and sweet
Earlier sunrises and brighter skies
The calm that comes from within
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️
4-22-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My brother Mike, good company at the park and ride until the bus comes
Egg salad with dill relish, horseradish and Frank’s Redhot, on toast
Sitting on the porch, watching the neighboring farmer prep the field for planting
Reading before bed
The warm breezes of spring, soothing cares away
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝✨
4-21-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Mike, safe and sound on the ground
Sushi from a Hawaiian 7-Eleven
The power of family and reconnecting
Help with projects that require heavy lifting, literally
Beauty in all directions—sunrise, woods, fields, creek
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨☀️
4-20-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Fig and honey goat cheese
Chia seed pudding with fresh strawberries and coconut cream
Stars above, earth below
Waking up to a clean kitchen
Kneeling on the ground, pulling weeds, looking up at the blue sky now and then, feeling connected to everything
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛅️
4-19-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time with Andrew and Rebecca, talking, walking the land, being
A plan for today. Just today
How homemade pizza hits the spot every time
Chocolate tea from Hawaii
Getting ready for my brother to visit and stay
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍍