a gratitude-focused blog
Posted in The Book, photos, senegal, writing on May 31st, 2008
I love the way photos can bring you to another world. A travel website is interested in publishing a chapter from my upcoming book, and they’ve requested a photo to go along with it. I’ve spent the evening looking at my photos from four years ago, when I lived in Senegal, and I can remember [...]
Posted in daily on May 28th, 2008
Two days a week, starting at 8am, we are not allowed to be parked on one side of the street. I often forget, the night before, to park on the right side of the street that will save me from the $30 ticket. Last night was one of those nights. However, when my friendly neighbor [...]
Posted in writing on May 27th, 2008
I’ve been spending a lot of time in my home office lately, which makes my two latest upgrades all the better – both of which I am grateful for. -In lieu of a stiff office chair, I’ve been using a bouncy exercise ball to sit on. Its pretty fun, bouncing and rolling around the small [...]
Yesterday, I sat outside all day selling tomato plants. After an entire day, we sold all of the plants we wanted to. Now we have 8 left for our garden and a few to give away to friends. It was a perfect spring day and I was happy to be sitting in between the two [...]
Diene and I made a pact to go for a bike ride after work; keep up the level of activity we’ve been enjoying. We both got ready and met on the porch for a preride photo. How funny that our outfits were unintentionally matching. I am grateful that our relationship has reached the telepathy stage.
Posted in garden on May 22nd, 2008
When my Dad suggested we order 100 tomato plants from my uncle (the grower) and sell them, I kinda thought he was kidding. Sure enough, last weekend we drove up to the Fox Valley and loaded 80 plants in the car. Now, I have to find people who need tomatoes for their garden! A little [...]
An expression of gratitude for all that is good in my life.
