Gratitude List:
1.  Inventiveness and building creativity.  Camp Invention for my oldest boy: “Camp Invention is the complete opposite of swimming lessons,” Ellis said.  Swimming lessons were a bust.  Swimming lessons were labeled Torture.  “I love Camp.”
2.  Healing:  Winky the cat is getting back to her old self, grooming herself, eating, asking for petting.  This is the second year she’s gone through a June-July malaise.
3.  This weather:  I think I am getting over a malaise of my own.  Crisp, clear mornings, cool breezes, blue sky with fluffy clouds.  Bring it on.
4.  The lovely *Ping* that canning jars make as they seal.  That’s the sound of satisfaction with a completed task.  Even when it’s tomato sauce, and the jars are upside-down on the counter, there is often a muffled *ping* that announces their completion.
5.  All the people who help to make the ongoing story of this farm possible: Jon Weaver-Kreider, the intrepid farm crew, friends and grandparents who care for the children, Tracey who cleans the house, customers who treasure good fresh food, people who support local and sustainable businesses.  I get by with a little help from my friends.

May we walk in Beauty.