9-6-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Monarchs dancing among the goldenrod
Thinning out my art supplies, carefully
Getting ready for a houseguest later this month
Repurposing antique wooden soda crates as shelves and storage for all the books and journals I make
That feeling of pulling away from the thrift store, knowing I’ve given them good stuff to sell
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🧹🧽🧺
9-5-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My sister, Peggy, on her birthday
Getting up at 5:30, closing the windows, feeding the cats, and falling asleep again in the guest room upstairs until 8:00, drifting off to the thunder and lightning
A much cleaner fridge, filled with healthy food
New tires on the truck
A day for mostly indoor work, much needed
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌧️
9-4-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Spending time with coworkers at a conference, listening to our collective creative ideas
Getting to take the ombudsman team photo
That first blast of cool water in the shower after a sweaty morning walk
Recovering my footing in an awkward social situation
Swarms of dragonflies, hundreds of them, skimming the grass and helicoptering in the sky above as I watched, stunned, from below
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈💕🎈
9-2-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The reliable comfort of tea
Roasted beets with sheep’s milk feta, olive oil, pink salt, and garlic
Trying out new ways of thinking about things
An unexpected and spontaneous art project
Coconut lime granola on top of Cheerios
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨💕
9-1-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Exercising on the grass, barefoot, in the moonlight
Letting go of what I can’t control
A Neapolitan ice cream sandwich on my afternoon break
Avocados ripening on top if the fridge where it’s warm
Using my standing desk at work
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍦
8-31-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Falling asleep to the rhythmic litany of thanks in my heart
An impulsive garden project move that paid off
Reinforcing the chicken run
Having a clean and comfortable bed to tumble into at night
Ramen noodles with peas in a creamy sesame and tamari-tahini broth
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍜
8-30-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Baked chicken thighs with cumin, garlic, and chili powder, alongside spicy black beans
Finishing up the big garden weeding chore, and how great it looks now
These cooler nights, so perfect for sleeping with the windows open
A new lemon ricotta pasta recipe
Being in a position to help
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍝
8-28-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Walking in the moonlight, peaceful and unafraid
When the data make sense
Figuring it out
How Helena understands
Roasted delicata squash with cherry tomatoes, feta, garlic, and olive oil
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌕
8-27-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Plumbing the depths of my own strength and resilience
Another good acupuncture treatment with Nicole
Making the right decision when the options are difficult and not entirely obvious
The full moon rising over the eastern field
Breakfast for dinner
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍳
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?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨🐝🌙