This week, I’d like to take a few moments to be grateful for a daughter who’s two and a half.  There’s plenty of challenges at each age to be sure, and it is so easy to wish for things they did when they were smaller, or all the things they will do, someday.  A good ...
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I’m going to do Gratitude Friday with a little twist today, as part of Heather’s call for Ten Simple Things that make us happy.  So here’s ten simple things I’m grateful for, this week and every week.
Good books – the wisdom, humor, compassion, and joy they bring.
The sound of my husband and my daughter, playing ...
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This week, I’m grateful for the restorative powers of a calm day at home.
I’m grateful for this yoga sequence, which rescued me from serious back pain.
Grateful for this quote from Ella, as we were on our way to a grain meeting: “. . . and I’m going to talk about emmer!”
Grateful for this reminder from ...
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First, I just want to say welcome to all the readers who came over from my interview swap with Heather of Shivaya Naturals.  I’m so glad you stopped by!  Usually I do a Gratitude Friday post, but since we had the fun interviews yesterday, let’s go for Gratitude Saturday.  Shall we?

Grateful for Solstice Bulbs still ...
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One rhythm I’m glad to return to: Gratitude Friday.  Because no matter how hard the week, there are always blessings, when we stop to remember them.
A rare morning where Ella happily gets up with Ben, leaving Mama to sleep in – bliss!
The delight of giving our CSA members their share of the 2009 harvest.
Returning to ...
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Bring on the gratitude, I say.
I wanted to take a moment to say how I got started with gratitude Friday, since a few of you have asked.  Last winter, during a particularly rough patch with Ella, I read an article in the wonderful Yoga Journal about keeping a gratitude journal as a way to open ...
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Because there’s always more to be grateful for.

This morning, we have an email in our inbox from a very experienced, long-standing New England farmer who suffered terrible crop losses this year.  So bad that he’s asking us to provide him with Early Riser corn seed for next year, which we’re going to do our best ...
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This week, I’m grateful for

our first nature table – welcome Autumn!

awesome new window crayons from Stockmar – so fun!
the gorgeous weather, the vibrant leaves, the corn harvest almost ready to come in, a dinner of delicata squash, apples, and kale . . . and on and on.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.