7-15-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The whole EQ concept of intrinsic motivation
A cotton candy sunrise and dewy grass
Dinner with Jean
The delight that comes from giving gifts, bonus if it’s a surprise
Reclaiming my peace, my heart, my purpose
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈😌❤️
7-14-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Rediscovering my proactive groove
Bus drivers who seem to be NASCAR-trained, determined to get us downtown on time
Taking the morning walk while the mosquitoes are still asleep
How my sisters’ sourdough bread is the only non gluten free bread I can have
Circling back around to trust
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☀️
7-13-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A weekend filled with really good choices
Taking art projects with me wherever I go
The clouds yesterday…epic and stunning and captivating
That sleepy mid-afternoon feeling
Sitting at a table with fellow writers and being that close to so much creativity and imagination
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✍️🪡☀️
7-12-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Indie bookstores
Gratitude so deep, there are no words
Sweeping off the bridge—something I’ve wanted to do for weeks now
Keeping the budget on track so far this month
Joining a writing group later this afternoon at the Granville Center for the Arts
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✍️❤️
7-11-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The view out the bedroom window—foggy and green and exotic-looking
How meditative embroidery work is
Deep cleaning the bathroom
The raspberry sage soap Sarah gave me and how its scent gently fills the house
The stories behind our scars
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈😶🌫️🐝
7-10-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A strong capacity to learn new things
Keeping art supplies and musical instruments within reach
The tiny frogs, no bigger than my thumbnail, that jump out of the way when I’m on the mower
A coffee table book about trees, and another one about bees
Coasting through the blessedly mediocre
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝💤
7-9-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Wearing a fun and new-to-me dress to work
When the acres that need mowing are all shaded, like back near the woods
The privilege of forest bathing right where I live
Working with love and self-compassion to shift the way my brain processes things
Catnip toys
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🪭🪡
7-8-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Fixing one of my favorite bird feeders before breakfast, filling it and standing back to watch the birds enjoy
Being medically unremarkable
People who do the hard work in the most difficult situations
Roasted red potatoes, harvested on Sunday, alongside a salmon burger
Litanies—of praise, thankfulness, hope, love, and peace
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🦝☀️🛌
7-7-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The engineering and physics it takes to build a parking garage, and the people who know how to make it all happen
Understanding the relationship between humidity and cloud formation
A fresh greens salad with sheep’s milk feta, pumpkin seeds, and arugula, with kalua pork quesadillas on the side
First day back at work not too stressful
An oscillating fan
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🪭🍔
7-6-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
That breeze yesterday that cooled me off while I worked outside
Wisdom and inspiration from a powerful book
Making tiny fabric landscape brooches
Reconnecting with my purpose on a more regular basis
Remembering dear friends who have moved on
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝🌖
7-5-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A cup of tea on the porch with “Braiding Sweetgrass”, the jays at the feeder, and oh, so many trees
The flight pattern of a goldfinch
Feeling ready to go back to work tomorrow
Rescuing hostas from the compost pile
A salmon burger with sharp white cheddar and arugula
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🪡🧊
7-4-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A cool bath before bed
Reinforcing the chicken coop before breakfast, with supplies I have on hand
A wily chipmunk who teases the cats delightfully
Making popsicles out of leftover smoothies
Citronella candles that really work
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☀️🦝
7-3-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Sharing the rest of my Cheerios with the raccoons who come to tidy up underneath the bird feeders every night at sunset
That moment in the evening when the fireflies rise up out of the grass
Abstract embroidery in rainbow colors
Bringing fresh water to the cats and the chickens
Turning on the AC in the bedroom = a comfortable night’s rest
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🛌🌖
7-2-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
That dopamine rush after cutting the field behind the house (which I wasn’t going to do yesterday because of the heat)
Solid, achievable goals
My tai chi practice getting better
Learning frugality from mom and dad
Working on building my second birdbath
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐦⬛☀️
7-1-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The cooling breeze while I was out on the mower yesterday afternoon
Reconnecting with Allie on book cover designs and new granola labels
Pan-seared sesame ginger tofu over rice, with steamed broccoli tossed in a lemon tahini dressing
Porch time with the cats just before sunset
Trying—and enjoying—new art forms
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🎨🌅
6-30-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Cobbling together a decent bird bath from a stoneware pedestal and a thrift store ceramic deep dish pie plate
Cowbirds perched on the feeder shepherd’s hook like black pearls on a necklace
Tiny one-inch journals to assemble and cure
Seeing how long I can go before turning on the AC
Ice packs and a cold wet washcloth on my neck just before bedtime
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝🧊
6-29-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The power coming back on after only being out for two hours, and my sleeping through most of it
My first iced lavender matcha latte of the season
How the sun finds a thicket in the woods and deems it worthy of godlike illumination
Dew-drenched spider webs defying gravity
A weekend marathon of bookbinding
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☀️🎨🐝
6-28-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How prayer opens the soul
Happy bird frenzy at the feeders
A visit from Katie later today
Making books out of pretty much anything
The lush, jungle-feel of the land in the rain and humidity (and I’ve been to jungles…)
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝🌧️
6-27-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Lingering in bed after a soothing rain shower, no hurry to be anywhere or do anything
Check-in calls from healthcare providers after appointments
Feeding all my birds
Visiting with Rebecca and Sarah last night, dreaming big dreams
How rainy and overcast days are just made for studio time
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🖼️🛌🌧️
6-26-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How emotional self-awareness gives me more options and opportunities
Fridays = housecleaning and quiche-making day
The skills I’ve taught myself
Pantry cooking (using only what I have on hand)
Different sunrises every morning, like fingerprints
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌅