mindfulness
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Today I’m grateful for winter bike rides. It’s an amazing feeling to ride a bike in the winter. Perhaps because it wasn’t allowed when I was a kid? I don’t know. I do know that I find it exhilarating to go biking in a winter wonderland. Biking makes me feel free and happy. What are…
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Today I woke up feeling grateful for a walk in a nearby nature area that I enjoyed this past weekend. What are you grateful for today? Maria
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Today I’m grateful for an amazing sunny Sunday in February. I took my bike up to the allotment garden and started some more seeds. I also enjoyed listening to the birds and nature around me. What are you grateful for today? Please tell me in a comment. Maria
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What are you grateful for today? Would you like to join me in this Daily Gratitude Practice 2026? Maria
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Even though I enjoy gardening immensely I have never owned a vineyard like the one in the photo. I have however enjoyed spending time in other peoples vineyards, like this one in Napa Valley (CA). When my daughter was a few months old we leased a house here over the winter. It was magical to…
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When I got home from work yesterday my daughter told me to go into my bedroom and look out the window. I did. It might be difficult to see in the photo but from my window I could clearly see that she had written ”I love mom” with large letters in the snow. It made…
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One of my favourite things to do after an intense work day is to bake bread. I enjoy the process of mixing the dough by hand, one ingredient at a time. I seldom follow a recipe, I choose from the ingredients I have at home and the desire of the day. Today I made whole-grain…
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Today I woke up smiling thinking about a lovely evening walk in the snow that my daughter and I took last night. It wasn’t cold at all, just perfect and beautiful. We stopped and admired beautiful patches of ice and snow on trees, noticing how the snow attached itself differently depending on what tree it…
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This beautiful Sunday morning when I woke up it was -18C/-0.4F outside, but warm and cozy inside. I love the outdoors, but I also love my home. Since this apartment building is brand new every experience is a first. This first winter my daughter and I hoped that the heating and isolation was going to…
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Today I am reflecting over how grateful I am to live in a place with four distinct seasons. I could not tell you which one my favourite is. If you ask me in the winter it would be winter, since I love the crisp winter air and snow. If you ask me in the spring…
