1. God
2. White tulips with a dark pink tint
3. Laughter
4. Photographs
5. Wireless fidelity
6. Tangerines
7. “the kind of motion we call heat”
8. Analgesics
9. Fruit pie
10. Errands as opposed to errants (some more urgent than others)
All posts by Katharine
1. God
2. Soda water
3. Sarah’s 19 ways to make the world a better place
5. Recognizing confirmation bias
6. Charged water
7. New windows (installed by Pierre and Tony)
8. Signs of spring such as crocuses (crocii?)
9. I read about a company that evaluates prospective employees on several criteria, among them respect and gratitude. Now where was this.
10. I like it when Oliver shows up and stays and keeps the conversation going (never mind about dinner)
According to whom?
1. God
2. Acting rationally in self-preservation
3. Different freezing points of liquids
4. Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
5. Accepting limits to knowledge and understanding
6. Cassie taking care of David’s dental needs
7. David likes to read aloud and read aloud to me
8. Hearing something again for the first time
9. Tints and shades
“For weeks, I realized, I’d been angry. Perhaps moving forward really meant moving beyond that impotent, helpless anger and surrendering instead to everything I couldn’t fix or control. I’d been annoyed at my body for letting me down; why not be grateful to it for still holding me up? I’d been disappointed by my failure to cope with grace; why not acknowledge that I’d done the best I could? I’d been secretly disgusted at myself for not being invincible; why not yield at last to my own tender humanness?” Katrina Kenison
1. God
2. Seeing Erika again and learning of her progress
3. Not to mention Melissa ;)
4. Challenged by exercises, thought negotiation and divergent interpretations
5. Tulips
6. Bok choy, little cabbages (not in the same pan with the tulips but with oil and garlic)
7. Hannah on tour with her school chorus, mostly taking silly pictures
8. Emily’s theater group’s production success
9. Cassie asked me if I’d read a newspaper article about what makes happy marriages. I said no, and we have one. She said, affection, lots of affection. I didn’t think that would be a problem.
10.That’s a way to rock gratitude!
1. God
2. Restored by a restaurant
3. A cat named Jiazoi (which is Chinese for dumpling)
4. And the young people who take care of her
5. Coming and going (not always sure)
6. All the things you are
7. Variations
8. I could never be as generous as friends have been to me
1. God
2. Dreams of Susana, probably a call or a visit soon
3. Andrew and Chloé are getting married
4. Sunlight reflected on the floors
5. Quiet days
6. Quiet nights
7. Cactus preserves
8. Old records
9. Welcome
10. Mat
1. God
2. Warm winds
3. Online banking
4. Partners
5. Thoughtful gifts from Cassie
6. Arrangements (floral and musical)
7. Learning that Jose is out there and employed, of a query from one of his employees
8. Odd how the universe speaks to you isn’t it
9. “I look for the positive in every situation” Crystal Andrus
1. God
2. Snow passing through
4. Voices
5. People who clear away snow and fix power lines
6. Sight of a snowman
7. Tibbs returning after he was out in the snow for a while
8. Clare’s Five Alive Friday
9. Found Art, shared by Ariel who does something analogous with clothing and style
10. Books
“I am happiest surrounded by books. Can’t imagine reading on an electronic device — I want my friends nearby, close enough to touch.” Katrina Kenison
1. God
2. Hearts
3. Bones
4. Blood
5. Minds
6. Something beyond that
7. Solid phase change
8. <3
1. God
2. A weekend in Arizona
3. Bonnie and Bill for hosting us
4. Bonnie for driving a lot
5. Red rocks
6. A jaunt
7. Blue sky
8. Aura
9. Meeting a man who said “sow what you can reap what you need”
10. And the gift he gave me