Author: Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld

Happy Friday and Happy TTOT! Would you believe I actually made this post on FRIDAY!! So, let’s go to it.

1. Washing machine working – mine has been doing this thing where the light comes on but doesn’t go until I keep moving the laundry around until it is happy and then it works. It’s not like I have this huge overload in there. Oh well, I am also thankful it is part of my rental so if it goes I can call the rental office.
2. Grateful that I can call for help when things go wrong in the apartment. The maintenance person came by yesterday and fixed some things. What a joy and he is so nice. No grumpy people is a bonus.
3. This afternoon I am going to be reading a couple of poems for a group of students in Bangladesh. They are youth who are learning the value of poetry. I’ve been combing through my files to find just the right ones. Have you ever gone back to something you wrote even as recent as a couple years ago and asked yourself: “Did I write this?” It’s amazing how the words look after they sit in files. I am grateful to be able to meet the youth and to also hear their works.
4. Grateful that the Poetry 101 class I am teaching is going well. It’s good to my heart to see people writing poetry who have never done so.
5. Grateful that a dear friend is on the mend and going home to continual, supportive care today.
6. Grateful that that same dear friend’s husband is also going home by Easter.
7. Grateful for the rare cardinal who visited my porch yesterday to pluck from the herbs that have dried. They seem to be very popular with the birds. They will have sweet smelling nests.
8. Grateful that since it is sprinkling this morning, the birds are singing louder as they welcome their food to crawl up a little higher from the ground. Such an example to be grateful for what is provided. I suppose the crawlers are not so happy about it, but that’s the cycle of nature I suppose. Nom nom…
9. Grateful that every day, so far, in April I have written a poem each day for National Poetry Month. Some days they are short and others they are longer. I share some here and there. Others, I keep for more work and possible publication.
10. YOU!! Look at you sitting there reading this to the end. You are my people! Here’s a special Easter display for you. And even if you don’t believe in Easter, it doesn’t matter to me. I enjoy the colors of spring hope. And we could all use hope, right?

Happy April and Yes, Tax Season! Looks like this artist has their 2021 records ready to report! I can be thankful #1 and say that YAY!! My taxes are files and YAY, I didn’t owe any taxes. That’s a Two-Fer, So I will go straight to #3 of gratitudes and that is that is the cause to celebrate that spring is making itself known. While the showers are plentiful, those veggies will be even better once harvest time comes. #4 is that I have one more book launch in the books (see what I did there)…it was a wonderful time with lotsa love in the room. #5 Grateful for a partner who supports me in my creative ways. #6 thankful for my nieces who look out for each other. Just last night, my niece flew out to help her sister whose hubby is stationed away, so that Spring break is manageable for her younger sister. #7 thankful for daughter to venture out to walking without her walker. She has a knee injection which has helped her, as well. #8 Thankful that tax season only has 16 more days and I will be thankful when those 16 days are past (no apologies), #9 thankful for freedoms. #10 YOU This bunny must not have eaten his carrots!