Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
Can you find gratitude in a crumpet? I woke up early and decided to make something for Sunday breakfast. Penny Lane was napping on the couch and the house was quiet. I rifled through my recipes and decided on one for sourdough crumpets. When the Read More
My gratitude found me by way of Penny Lane this morning. We were snuggled up on the couch watching the world come awake outside the windows in the old parlor room. As I drank my coffee and planned out my knitting work for the morning, Read More
I found my gratitude today by looking down and then realizing that I am looking ahead. I am walking forward, even on the days when Mother Nature adds more slush, snow, and ice to our landscape. I am taking steps even on days when I Read More
Today I am grateful for the gift of time. In this case, time to do something that I love: bake for my family. I am even more grateful that my baking is of the pie baking sort. A day when you can do something you truly Read More
Gratitude can be self made. I believe that we can all choose to be grateful for something we do, a choice we make, as well as being grateful for the gifts both big and small that life gives us. Today, I am grateful for choosing Read More
I found my gratitude in the garden this morning. We woke up to a fresh layer of snow and a sky thick with more snow to follow. It was a reminder that winter is here to stay for a while, not that I needed to Read More
Gratitude can be found anywhere. It’s in the small things, the quiet moments, and the everyday tasks. It is often hiding in plain sight. I found gratitude standing in this spot today. I was hurrying to cross a few duties off my to do list Read More
I found my gratitude in the kitchen today as I was making a loaf of bread for our Sunday dinner. I started mixing up the dough mid-morning. I tended to the dough all day until it was time to bake. There’s something so calming and Read More
I found my gratitude early this morning in spite of the wicked winter cold. I woke up early and set my feet on the very cold floor of the farmhouse. The temperature outside was under ten degrees and I could feel that cold the moment Read More
My gratitude came to me today while my son and I were working on my flooring project. Actually, it came to me as we wrapped up three solid hours of work. We were tired, covered in dust, and just ready to be finished for the Read More
I have a lot of jobs here at the farmhouse. One of today’s jobs was cleaning out the wood pellet stove. This time of year, our stoves run nonstop to keep the farmhouse warm. Every so often, I need to cool them down and clean Read More
Most days, I try to find my gratitude in small places. I look for it in the everyday moments that I know I am grateful for but that might go overlooked. Today, I found it in the bright sunshine on a cold winter’s day, a Read More