Category Archives: gratitude

November 5, 2024

I just went out to check for mail and to empty my coffee grounds into the garden. Beautiful sunny day, almost seventy degrees. Heading out in a bit to pick up Mom and spend the rest of the day together. … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 5

How lucky I am to be able • to fill the bird feeders • while the chickadees and cardinals • whistle waiting in the shrubs. Continue reading

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Day 2 NaPoWriMo 2024

This familiar paper cup • This brown cardboard sleeve… Continue reading

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Fixing the Mailbox

When I went out with my holiday cards, all zip-sorted and rubberbanded, I noticed that the rivet holding on the mailbox door on one side was gone.
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Recommended reading and listening

I read it and had huge ah HA! moments. The (couples) therapy wasn’t successful but I found it personally successful. Since then, I’ve recommended the book to lots of people over the years, along with a couple others by the same author. Continue reading

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