All posts by Katharine

Gratitude

1. God
2. Seeing LucyAnne and Andrea Rose on WLG again :)
3. Jean’s kindness and support
4. MaryEllen’s steadfastness
5. Crystal thriving and flourishing
6. Connection rather than performance
7. Fathers and children
“All those digressions were the story.” Tim Kreider, We Learn Nothing.

Gratitude

1. God
2. Unplanned walk by the pond
3. The boy who told me there was a turtle in the marsh. It took me a couple of passes to see it, just at the edge of a log.
4. Sights of summer: bathers, cookouts, sunshine, families
5. Gardens in front of the church and library

Gratitude

1. God
2. Box of flowers
3. Lydia came over from next door to meet Peabody and helped Cassie plant zinnias
4. Turning to a poem
5. Benefit of the doubt
6. Some other benefit
7. Winds
8. Memorial Day observances – especially stories from friends

Gratitude

1. God
2. Kind of MaryEllen to write and ask how I am. I’m doing fine. Glad that MaryEllen posts so frequently on WLG.
3. Visiting my mother and father. My father’s irises grew quite nicely this year. The heat got to them, he remarked, but they are still quite colorful.
4. Cassie found toys for my nephews who will visit this summer and brought them to my parents’ house.
5. Little foots does not like to be petted. He just rubs or bumps against you as he walks by.
6. Lots of flowers and vegetables to plant.
7. The young lady at the garden center who helped me in the extremely hot weather, smiling all the while and not minding the heat.
8. Eating supper outside and Cassie made a fine cucumber salad. Asking her as I mixed it, you don’t care if I destroy the integrity of the paprika (spread on top.)
9. The tree Cassie gave me has grown substantially in five years. It is a star magnolia. Blooms have come and gone although one still persists. The snows and cold snaps in April did not help, but it is thriving with green leaves as summer arrives.
10. Cooler today by about 20 degrees. Good day to work in the garden.

Gratitude

1. God
2. Honeysuckle
3. The man and his dog who found Peabody and led him back to me after he’d wandered. When I described the other dog to Cassie, she said they know each other. He was covered in mud too, so he must have gone in the river.
4. A clapper
5. Compliments for colleagues
6. Keeping the conversation going

Gratitude

1. God
2. Blooming rhododendron
3. My daughter using her training to help a man who fell out of his wheelchair.
4. This everything
5. The cat who wants to come and live with us. Maybe our cats just growl at him when they have an audience.
6. Improvise to improve
7. “the needle’s strength and the thread’s purpose” Laura Grace Weldon.