8-26-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Those moments when I’m on the mower and a take a quick glance upward at the expanse of blue sky above me, and know my place
Moving from “in a funk” to purposeful and determined
A newly repotted plant for my home office desk
Smoked salmon dip, Cheez-its, and mashed potatoes for dinner
Knowing I’ll have clean sheets on the bed tonight
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🪴💕
8-25-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
These new after dinner walks I’ve been taking
Chipping away at some of the bigger land projects using “found time” in between other activities
Making things better, and not necessarily perfect
Lunches with Katie
Trying a new melting beets recipe
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌳🦌
8-24-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Losing track of time as I sat on the warm earth and hand-weeded around the garden trellises
All the garlic bulbs, cured and cleaned up and ready to give to family
Ideas for moving the studio upstairs
Healing
A fellow bus rider who looks like Prince
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈👩🌾💕
8-23-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time with Andrew and Rebecca, and their help in crossing one more land project off the list
Clearing out the raised beds for the autumn planting—chard, kale, a round of radishes, arugula
Trusting all that goes on beyond my sight, behind the Curtain, hidden from view and understanding
The aroma of buckeye granola baking as the sun rises
That sweet sleepy feeling that calls for a mid morning Sunday nap
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈💤✨🐝💕
8-22-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Honoring my dear late friend the best way I know how
What our emotions teach us
A yard work and granola-making marathon weekend, with help from Andrew and Rebecca
Sizzling olive oil on toast instead of butter
A trip to the farmers market to restock the vegetable bin
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥗
8-21-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Pushing through anniversaries of heartbreaking losses
The wildflowers of August—wingstem, goat’s beard, Queen Anne’s lace, iron weed
Gingerberry kombucha for breakfast
Dinner with Smokey at Portia’s Cafe
A fully stocked tea cabinet
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨🫖💕
8-20-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Arriving safely at the bus stop in the darkness this morning after a sort of white knuckle drive in
The AC in the truck working properly again
A chicken tender and goat cheese sandwich with Penzey’s sandwich sprinkle seasoning
A long and wonderful conversation with my sister
Sitting on the porch during last night’s downpour, feeling washed clean and peaceful
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☔️💕🐝
8-19-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Overcoming obstacles
Tucking in under a sweet and colorful quilt I made for my dear late friend, remembering her kindness in my life
Needing a light sweatshirt and socks for the morning walk
Kitties on the windowsill, watching the birds
My job, my home, my sense of place
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🏠🌳
8-18-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Working through a problem, asking for help
My brother’s power back on in Hawaii
The cooling effects of an oscillating fan
Not giving up
Upscale macaroni and cheese with ground turkey, sautéed onions and red cabbage, and Parmesan
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨🐝🌙
8-17-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A weekend that was both productive and peaceful
Carrot, tofu, cabbage, and pea slaw in a spicy peanut dressing
Other people’s joy and good news
A friend’s new adventure
Those days when I don’t have to be anywhere or do anything
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🏳️🌈💕🐝✨
8-16-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Evening prayer in stillness and quiet
Sleeping through last night’s storms
Cutting back branches on the trees at the turn around in the driveway, brightening up the whole area
Chardonnay cherry tomatoes fresh off the vine
Leveling off the ground and filling in the dirt bath divots the chickens made in the run
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈💕☔️💕
8-15-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A morning walk with everything—two rabbits, a deer, a monarch butterfly that landed on my ball cap, dense and mystical fog, and not one bit of traffic sounds
New bone density impact exercises
Carrots braised in white wine
Homemade walnut basil pesto on pasta, garnished with the right amount of capers
The satisfying feeling of deep cleaning—the fridge, the bathroom, the mud room
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈😶🌫️💕
8-14-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
All my different library cards
Cleaning the living room floor after dinner
A full can of chicken feed to get the girls through the month
Strawberry vanilla body wash on a home grown loofah
Re-reading my favorite books
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☔️🌦️
8-13-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
An impulsive batch of late-night vanilla mochi pancakes
Rebecca’s help with the chickens every week
Lunch with Katie
The mere though of an after work nap
Finishing up three tiny journals
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌙✨💕
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?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌙✨