SERENDIPITY - The accidental discovery of something pleasant, valuable, or useful
TODAY I AM GRATEFUL FOR ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
1. A refreshing night's sleep 2. Cinnamon wishes 3. Flicker soap 4. Geese honking at dusk 5. Rice cakes
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Monday, August 31, 2026
1. Made it through a particularly hot humid summer! In my mind, fall begins on September 1st despite the thermometer or the calendar. 2. A quick Trader Joe's run, got some nice wine 3. A quiet airy evening 4. Lotion on my hands and feet
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Sunday, August 30, 2026
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Saturday, August 29, 2026
1. I've been doing some pantry and freezer reorganization and getting a menu plan written. Even though it's still such hot weather I'm looking forward to fall cooking. 2. My colorectal screening test result came back 'negative' which is good!! 3. My September reading list is intriguing 4. Iced coffee
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Friday, August 28, 2026
I can hear the last LB Poly football game ever getting started at the stadium tonight. Veterans Stadium has been around the corner here in the neighborhood for 76 years. Next week they start demolition towards a new sports complex.
As I watch the stars of evening, and in the morning open my window to the east, I shall observe the Ceremonial of quietness of heart and poise of spirit ... ~Abbie Graham~
A multitude of small delights constitute happiness - Charles Baudelaire -
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. - Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Serendipity — luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for; a fortunate happenstance.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~