Katie Krueger's Snippets of Gratitude

The more I travel, the more I feel grateful to have a home that I love. A few of my favorite things about it: the photos I gave Diene for Valentines day are finally hung up on the wall my zinnia seeds are still growing, despite my neglect my pothos plant recently turned the corner [...]

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Being held captive in O’Hare got me thinking about all the travel mishaps I’ve had in my life and how the only thing that made them enjoyable was making an effort to enjoy them. Zig zagging on Himalayan switchback road in India while several motion sick passengers puked out their windows marked not an insufferable [...]

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I am writing this while sitting in a nondescript hallway between Gates E & F in Terminal 2 of Chicago’s O’Hare airport, sucking power to recharge my laptop. Haven’t quite made to it Roanoke yet. Still, I’ve been managing to entertain myself all day, mostly with writing and taking photos. I am grateful to have [...]

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I am traveling to Roanke, VA this weekend for a conference and looking forward to thanking Rotarinas, promoting my book and selling advanced copies, and enjoying spring time in the mountains. This morning, in a total time crunch, I realized I needed to make color copies to bring with me (in addition to packing, writing [...]

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Our community garden plot is only a 4 minute run (3:56 to be precise) from our house; a perfect warm up. On my latest run, I stopped by to check out the action and, oh boy, things are looking good.  Today, I am grateful for all the signs of life in our garden, which include: [...]

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Yesterday was a great day. I finished my last major grant of the year and turned it in to DPI (a day early!) I drove and parked downtown to run it into their offices and scored a awesome parking spot, right next to their building with time still in the meter. Then, I taught my [...]

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