6-7-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Clear walking trails after yesterday’s storms
A lone snapping turtle come to visit out back by the old maple tree
Dewdrop-adorned spiderwebs suspended between the tips of young field grass seed heads
Family coming together later today for food, stories and presence
Mulberries hanging thick on the branches
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️
6-6-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Finishing up a big outside project before breakfast and just after the storm
Jokes about eggs
Amish buttermilk cookies
A scrambled egg, goat cheese and bacon sandwich on an everything bagel
When good is good enough
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎶
6-5-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How the grass always looks its best the day you cut it
Needing more peppermints for my neighbor’s goats
Local history
Cherry tomatoes
Hard boiled eggs and strawberries for breakfast, with chocolate earl gray tea
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍷
6-4-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The gift of cautious optimism
Joanna’s kindness, undivided attention, and encouragement
A good breakfast and lunch packed for work
Treating myself to an organic smoothie later this afternoon
Seeing how my brother-in-law is enjoying the first days of retirement
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🏖️
6-3-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Having a kind and thoughtful brother
Recovering more quickly and fully from triggers
When dreams become plans that become reality
How cute Tink sounds when she meows
Standing in the morning sun waiting in the bus, feeling lucky and ever so slightly hopeful
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥰🐈
6-2-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Taking the home office outside underneath the mulberry trees yesterday
When dinner in is better than dinner out
Tending to matters of the heart today, gently and with compassion
Strawberry rhubarb crisp for breakfast
Orchard orioles, an orange and black streak across the blue skies
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝🥰
6-1-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Feeling hugged and wrapped by the young maple grove near the woods
7 acres cut in just under 2 hours
Peanut butter in my morning oats
Rotisserie chicken with garlic scapes, red onion, and carrots in marinara sauce over rotini
Looking forward to world EQ day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
5-31-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Being in the woods before the sun breaks over the horizon, then watching as it filters through the trees so peacefully
Fresh local strawberries in my morning oats
Lightening the load in the old goat barn
A list of great house and land projects that, when finished, will give me a good shot of dopamine
The aroma of maple pecan granola filling the house
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☀️✨🐝
5-30-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The wood thrush’s call echoing off the thick green leaves of the forest canopy
Dreaming new dreams
Dinner and scheming with Joe, Marie, and Mike
Taking my bookbinding to the next level
Browsing indie bookstores
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐦⬛🎶☀️
5-28-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The scent of wet sweet grass along the walking path
Watching yesterday’s storms from the downtown office on the 21st floor
Being able to forest bathe right where I live
Presence and good advice from Sarah
Finding ways to get things done
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨☀️
5-27-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A soothing morning rain with just enough thunder and lightning to add the right touch of drama
The lettuce tacos with shrimp at Pancho’s Tacos, with a side of salty and spicy black beans
Learning a new aspect of my work that makes everything we do even more important
My talented and reliable brother
The sweet face of a saw-whet owl
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️
5-26-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Bookbinding on the porch, Bumper nearby and no phone in sight
A lovely strawberry rhubarb crisp, with tea
Learning new skills on the computer that make my job a bit easier
A sunny and drier day after Sunday’s downpours
The mockingbird who sang me along the walking path this morning
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎶🐦⬛
5-25-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The power of water, wind, soil, and fire
Getting started on some new journals made from Cheez-its boxes
Christin and Shawn’s kindness
Still feeling the loving effects of time with friends
Finishing up painting projects
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🇺🇸❤️🤍💙
5-24-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Handing over my love and wonder and gratitude to the living things I encountered on the morning walk
Utter silence, countless shades of green, lushness and forest bathing
Time with Jonna, generating reconnections, craft ideas, memories of growing up together
How thick downpours don’t even come close to silencing the birds
Raspberry and walnut steel cut oats that taste better the second day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️❤️
5-23-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The young buck who let me get as close as I’ve ever been to a deer
And right after that, just a few steps away, the baby possum riding on its mother’s back, wide-eyed and adorable
Local restaurants as occasional sanctuaries
A play date with my childhood friend, sewing, crafting, getting caught up
The sheer joy of writing
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️🍦
5-22-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Coming to the end of a hectic week, intact
Creating moments of creativity
Eating more greens
Indulging the sweet feeling of sleepiness
All the tears that have healed me over the years and miles
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨
5-21-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Kindergarten graduates and the teachers who helped them get there
A much-needed day to rest, just sleep
Meaningful work in the day ahead
Finding a stash of bus money I forgot I’d tucked away
Sesame today veggie stir fry
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥗
5-20-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A brother who, when you tell him you need a 6’ aluminum ladder, immediately goes on Facebook marketplace and finds dozens available, in your area
This morning’s thunderstorm and soothing downpour as reason enough to linger in bed
Deciding to cut the grass after work yesterday instead of taking the nap I really needed
Tying up the daffodils and snowdrops before digging them out to dry for fall planting
Looking for new strawberry rhubarb recipes
A day to reflect, rest, sleep
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️
5-19-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Tracy’s generous spirit
After dinner porch time with notebook and pen
Putting my mind to something and following through
A chicken tender sandwich with salted sliced radishes and sharp cheddar cheese
Watching my little corner of the world wake up
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈👸🏼