Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
I found my gratitude in silence today. I woke up early. I am not a morning person, but I couldn’t sleep this morning, so I got up to work on a project. It was damp and cold in the farmhouse. I could hear the rain Read More
Today my gratitude was the sort that I could lift on a spoon. It was for a moment spent with someone I love while making something in the kitchen and sharing something at our family table. I made tiramisu for dessert today. It’s an easy Read More
Today my gratitude was waiting for me at my favorite place: home. This week marks 19 years since we moved into what was an abandoned old farmhouse. I don’t know where the years have gone. When we moved in, the house was a structure, but Read More
My gratitude came to me with a sound that I overheard today. I was working at my computer when I heard footsteps on the back staircase that leads into the farmhouse kitchen. I have always loved that sound. When my children were little, they felt Read More
My gratitude came by way of a reminder today. I was looking for a photo on my phone and came across this one. It’s from 2018, a time that feels like it took place in a different world. I took this photo one evening while Read More
I found my gratitude today in being reminded of my past, my place in the line of family members that came before me. There’s something beautiful about being reminded of your branch on a family tree, of how you fit between your past, present, and Read More
My gratitude was delicious today. How could I be anything but grateful for a homemade raspberry peach pie? My mom baked up dessert for the Fourth of July using our own raspberries and a few peaches thrown in for good measure. It was such a Read More
I found my gratitude in the same place this morning and evening. My day was busy from start to finish, but it began and ended with a few stolen moments spent on the couch with Penny Lane. Those moments are always dear to me, but Read More
My gratitude was easy to find today. It was sitting right in front of me. It was on the plate in front of me. In fact, it was all around me. I was grateful for the time spent with family today. I was lucky enough Read More
I found my gratitude in a reminder from the garden. I planted this African Marigold last week. I have always loved them and added four of them from the clearance section at our local home improvement store. I plant marigolds in my garden every year. Read More
This time of year, the gardens seem to grow my gratitude. I don’t remember a day in the last month, perhaps longer, that I didn’t see something in the garden that gave me a reason to be grateful. Perhaps that is why gardeners love to Read More
I found my gratitude in this peony bud this morning. It’s the promise of beautiful blooms to come. How could I be anything but grateful for that? It doesn’t look like much now, but when this bud opens, it will be a gorgeous peony in Read More