Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
Gratitude can come from quiet places. Mine does tonight. I am settled in on the couch with a sleeping Penny Lane. The pellet stove is keeping us cozy while we await a weekend storm that can’t decide if we’ll get inches of snow or heavy Read More
Gratitude found its way to me through a blustery day. Our weather turned cold overnight. There were even a few snowflakes swirling around when I looked outside around midnight. The winds really picked up overnight. We’ve lived here at the farmhouse for almost 19 years Read More
Gratitude can be found anywhere. I also believe that we can call upon gratitude from past experiences when we need to. In fact, I think that we should. If we carry a memory with us that filled us with gratitude, I can’t think of a Read More
I found gratitude today for something that happened weeks ago. Earlier this year, I hopped on a plane rather unexpectedly to fly South for a few days to visit friends and support a friend whose family had suffered a great loss. I rarely leave home, Read More
Gratitude found me today in a place I wasn’t looking for it. I can easily admit that my day began in a way that could only be described as disappointing. I was okay with that, it wasn’t anything that couldn’t be overcome. Yet I was Read More
My gratitude was baked up in a loaf of bread today. That’s not unusual for me. I love to bake bread for my family. While my baking schedule has ebbed and flowed during my adult years, I am back to baking fresh bread for my Read More
I found my gratitude out in the sunshine today. It was a beautiful day, much nicer than we have any right to expect here in New England this time of year. It felt more like May than March. I made sure to enjoy what I Read More
My gratitude was easy to find today. She was standing right in front of me, directly behind me, or right on top of my feet. This morning, she started out snuggled up on the couch with me. I had heard people refer to their dogs Read More
My gratitude was illuminated in sunlight today. I was grateful for daylight. I know that many people dislike this week following the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. Sure, I could do without losing an hour of sleep early Sunday morning, but I’ll gladly accept it Read More
I found my gratitude in myself today. I should probably look for gratitude there more often, but I tend to focus on the things around me instead. Actively seeking out gratitude is a practice, something you have to choose to continue to work at. I Read More
My gratitude was baked up into a cookie today. I did the baking. The cookie taught me a lesson. The lesson was something that I already knew, but I was reminded of it today. It might not have been a new lesson, but it was Read More
Gratitude blew into my day today in a place where I didn’t expect it. I certainly wasn’t looking for it. Yet I found it anyway. It was cold and blustery here today. We had a wind advisory and the conditions were unpleasant to say the Read More