I am grateful for unexpected warm days in February.

#ProjectZen #Day22 #GratitudeProject 60 F. degree days amaze me in the middle of Winter. It’s February 22, 2017 in Champaign, Illinois and I have my front door open, and the screen door window is cracked open. The windows in my kitchen are open. Stale indoor air baked by our furnace is filtering out and fresh…

I am grateful for my second-hand dishwasher.

#ProjectZen #Day17 #GratitudeProject A rather mundane thing to be grateful for on my 17th day of my gratitude project, isn’t it? Well, I’m grateful nonetheless, for my second-hand dishwasher. Having a dishwasher isn’t a necessity at all. I’ve done dishes by hand all my life, and for well over 20 years of marriage, and still…

I am grateful for coffee.

#ProjectZen #Day11 #GratitudeProject  While my subject on the eleventh day of my gratitude project is rather mundane, I confess that it makes me very happy. There is nothing like a good cup of coffee! It makes a blah morning tolerable. It promotes marital harmony. It turns me into a coherent human being. Sure, a lot…