6-13-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
If silver had a sound, it would be the call of the wood thrush I heard in the forest this morning
Fried egg and melty cheese on a toasted English muffin
Taking down the tall weeds in a dormant section of the garden
A litany of gratitude for everything around me as I mowed the walking paths yesterday afternoon
New sheets and a comforter for the bed in the guest room
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🧚🐝
6-12-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Taking time to marvel at the clouds
Root beer floats with Mike after dinner at Portia’s cafe, with good conversation between us
A cooler morning walk with more well-behaved mosquitoes
People who say please and thank you
Curiosity
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
6-11-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie (thank you, Calvin and Hobbes)
Buffalo chicken salad with fries on the side
Dinner with Peg and Rob, Peggy feeling better, Rob all retired and happy
Coming home to land that I love, who loves me back
Tucked into the comfort of a lush, green landscape after a full work day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☀️🥰
6-8-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Making it through today’s health care gauntlet with a smile
Experiencing a new European tooth-cleaning method at my dentist
Sharpening my critical thinking skills for work
The lunch waiting for me in my truck, on ice
Fewer mosquitoes on the morning walk
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☀️🐝
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?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🇺🇸❤️🤍💙