a gratitude practice
Posted in daily on Oct 7th, 2008
The first guest arrived at the Snippets of Gratitude birthday party so I got to do some baking, which always makes me happy. Other good things of the day: starting small business development classes friendly people in the class who want to chitchat during the break new audiobooks from the library hanging posters on the [...]
When I heard the footsteps move from the front door to the staircase up to my apartment, my heart started pounding. I lept up from my desk chair, grapped the closest weapon I could find (it happened to be a half-full coffee mug – not gonna save me) and tried to look tough so that [...]
Posted in birthday, gratitude lists, words, writing on Oct 5th, 2008
My blog, Snippets of Gratitude, turns 1 year old on October 16th and to celebrate I am throwing a party! GOOD NEWS – YOU ARE INVITED! AND THE GIFT BAG HAS COOKIES IN IT! If you send me (snail mail) a postcard with a list of the things that you are grateful for, I will [...]
Posted in autumn on Oct 5th, 2008
Last night, it frosted in Madison. For those of you who, for whatever reason, are sweating while you read this, take a minute to think about that. While I slept with socks on, outside it was the temperature at which water turns to ice. This is autumn in Wisconsin. I am not going to lie [...]
Today, I had to get out of the home office if I had any chance of getting work done. Sometimes, the couch has a magnetic pull on me that I can’t resist. This is not very condusive to getting work done. I decided I needed a quiet work space with lots of windows that would [...]
Posted in daily on Oct 1st, 2008
This is painful to watch in the same way that you hate to see a pretty, shy girl in your speech class drop her impeccably outlined note cards while behind the podium, then fumble around to reveal that she has no idea what to say. My instinct is to try and do something to make [...]
An expression of gratitude for all that is good in my life.
