8-12-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Safe passage through yesterday’s storms
How the birds keep on going, with lightning and thunder and downpours all around
Plant cuttings that will root, get potted and find new homes in the upstairs bedrooms
A most helpful massage yesterday
Skillet braised cabbage and onions with cannellini beans, sourdough toast on the side
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍞💕
8-11-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The ability to think strategically
The way the storms freshen things up
How it still feels good to pay bills on time
Finally breaking an old and tiresome habit
Homemade basil walnut pesto over rotini pasta
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️✨
8-10-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Roasted potatoes and garlic from this year’s harvest, with sautéed red onions and crispy chicken tenders on a smear of whipped feta dip
How the front deck is becoming the place to create, to dream, to imagine
A new aromatherapy diffuser for the bedroom
Wearing one of the new tops Pam found for me at the thrift store
That sweet feeling at the end of the day, when sleep is imminent and you’re ready for it
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥱🛌💕
8-9-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The magnificent clouds on the edge of a storm system that skirted just south of the land
Looking up, feeling small and thankful
A mixed berry smoothie for dinner, sipped and savored on the front porch while the kitties played in the grass
Getting out the pole saw to cut back the mulberry branches reaching for the power lines
Looking forward to another day touching the earth
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌏💕
8-8-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Homemade frozen peanut butter yogurt bars, dipped in chocolate
The choice to love and give grace, always at the top of the list
Fresh catnip for the kitties
Another peaceful, thunderstorm-filled morning
Spending the day with friends
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛⛈️🌙💕
8-7-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Soothing rain and flashes of lightning
Turning on the AC in the bedroom for a few hours, getting some much needed deep sleep
The quiet of the morning, time to myself before the day’s work claims me
Gardening later this afternoon, taming the cherry tomatoes and rearranging the raised beds
Sybbie’s fleas almost gone
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌙✨
8-6-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A goat cheese and cucumber sandwich with thin slices of red onion and Penzey’s sandwich sprinkle seasoning
Getting almost all the grass cut after work
Greeting fear and apprehension with reassurance and determination
Staying anchored in love
Plans for getting together with Pam this Saturday for lunch and antiquing
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈💕🐝✨
8-5-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Bourbon honey cheesecake
Organizing and cleaning out files
Adding an after dinner walk to my self-care practice
How the land always has something good and right to say
Allen’s energy and presence
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨🐝
8-3-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Even more ideas for next year’s garden
A simple baking soda face scrub every morning
And, while we’re on the subject, exfoliation in general
How I feel when I don’t eat corn, or sugar, or wheat
Faithful companions
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈👯♀️🐝
8-2-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Thunder so rich and loud, it shook the house
Andi and Greg’s triumphant Pelotonia ride on a weather-perfect day
All the riders who gave so much
A grapefruit soda float, made upon special request at Pancho’s
Laughing with Karen
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈💚🚴♀️🥰🐝
8-1-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
All the Pelatonia riders, and the ones they’re riding for
Erica’s encouragement and enthusiasm
Turning a gluten free wrap into a mini pizza
Smoothies for dinner, scones for dessert
My new extra wide chisel poster markers
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
7-30-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Roasted carrots, red onions, green beans, and chickpeas over lemony bread whipped feta
Being able to handle sensitive situations with kindness, tact, and sincerity
Seeing the full moon just over the eastern field, all pinkish coppery and big
Baking a batch of chocolate almond scones on impulse
Taking life as it comes
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥐
7-29-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
When road trips are part of my job
Listening to my gut in a moment of fragile trust
Watching the cats learn how to open the screen door and let themselves out
Being in the woods, lying on a fallen tree and looking up into the canopy of so much green
Eating the food I have, buying fresh vegetables from local vendors at the farmers market
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥗
7-28-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting a dopamine rush from clearing a huge pile of branches out of the garden
Interesting dreams that didn’t interrupt my sleep
A peaceful reading nook in the living room
Homemade chicken vegetable soup and a grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough bread
Keeping up healthy practices
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈👟
7-27-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Reshaping the garden area
Cutting back branches along the driveway
What looks like a promising and abundant buckeye and acorn harvest this fall
Art on the front porch
Chicken and sausage quiche with five-color chard, red onion, and cheddar cheese
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍳
7-26-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
That “there’s nothing like it” feeling of living where I do
Bourbon barrel-infused honey on toast
Lawn chores done before breakfast
Watching the cats fixated on the birdhouse activities, and the birds outsmarting them again
Ice cream with Andrew and Rebecca
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐦⬛
