rest

 

I am grateful for a kid with a smile on her face, one who says everything is great and all the nesting taking place.

table and floor

 

I am grateful for time with friends and family, biscuits as fluffy mama makes, muscle, music, a broom, a mop, and a day of prepping for the future.

incomplete

 

I am grateful for generous people and a long rain and a nice nap and the grand plan.

pop

 

Even with the proper amount of turkey hunting he was able to get this done.

Today I am grateful for a foreman and head laborer. 

preposition in the end

 

I am grateful for cooking, eating, the conversations we have around food, rest, a warm shower and one of those shows with characters I can fall asleep with.

here we are

 

I am grateful for a phone call, a plan and a purpose.

it's not about you, Rick Rubin

"Whatever the thing that makes the thing good is the thing that I'm drawn to - for me. For a long time lyrics meant very little..."

"Really? Fight for Your Right to Party - Beastie Boys?" 

"Yeah, it was fun. It was good lyrics but it wasn't what was important."

I am grateful for a podcast, a dialogue, a collection of ladders, a soreness and help.

didn't get done

 

I am grateful for a long day and more brick.

sorting bricks, buying flour and painting rabbits

 I am grateful for a smooth driveway, the town's grocery/hardware store, chisels, hammers, wheelbarrows, hoses, my spray nozzle, vinegar, good water pressure, a decent broom and little hands and large drama and the meal we will share.

remember

 I am grateful to clock out early, get a nap, visit, move some brick, say thank you again and again, reconnect and remember.

pay yourself first brick

 I am grateful for a hammer, a good coat and plenty of light.

place and food

 

I am grateful for clean bricks and home and stories and back porch and front porch and lemons and cucumbers and strawberries and celery and blueberries and skinless, boneless chicken thighs, salted, sous vide, patted dry, foiled, refrigerated and then seared in some bacon grease after a generous dusting of garlic and chili powder.

getting paid to learn

 I am grateful for a ladder, wood, a saw, a phone call, an email, a quote and teachers everywhere I go.

not or, but and

 I am grateful for a satellite dish, a headlamp and a good knife. 

Dear Heflin (part 2),

 

I am grateful for cell phones, second gear, kindness, good health and observation.