My coworker helped me get unstuck on an issue I was working on today. I explained the various things I had tried and the problems with all my solutions. My coworker suggested a few ideas which also didn't solve the problem, and then we both struck on an elegant solution (at least more elegant). It can really help to talk to someone when you are stuck on a problem! It was especially a relief because my boss has been starting to ask about the other projects that have been held up by this work.
#gratitude

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Good night! A bit early but it’s been a long day. So here’s my #3GoodThings and one is very good!
1. We made it safely to the doctor appointment half an hour early.
2. Doctor told hubs he no longer has to take the anti-rejection medication and no longer has to make the yearly visits to see him. Hubs has to go to a local doctor every three months to have the contact bandage changed but his eye from the stem cell transplant is completely healed and creating new stem cells again!
3. We made it home safely and sis-in-law just texted that she has returned home without trouble other than having to slow down for a few storms on the way.
Sleep well and may your dreams be out of this world. #GoodNight #Gratitude #Family

i love #Fediverse folx who share pix of their cats and #bloomscrolling -- TYVM for making my days on #fedi brighter!

If you can read this, you already have two blessings worth counting—let’s find more.

Take 5 minutes to name your blessings. What we focus on expands, and gratitude is a muscle. I’ll start:

You have internet access—a link to global consciousness never before possible.
You can read, discern, and extract meaning from squiggles on a screen.

Your turn. What’s one thing you’re grateful for right now?

Wow that AAA membership really just paid for itself

#Oolie post:

 Gratitude Thursdays

This week, we’re grateful for slow mornings. The ones with toddler giggles in bed, a warm mug in hand, and nowhere to be too quickly.

The rush of life can be loud, but we’re learning to savor the quiet pockets of peace.

What small, slow thing are you grateful for today?

#predawn sky during my #morningWalk… #warm #clouds #gratitude

I'm grateful that there are researches still trying to think of ways to help our society heal.

I got a hug today from someone I love.

The drivers in my town stop for me and wait patiently. I thanked my creator for that

@3goodthings #gratitude #3goodthings #3GoodThingsToday

1. Rain at some point nearly every day but no thunder to scare the cats.
2. Dunkin Donuts’ strawberry dragonfruit refresher with water.
3. Looking through my photos at sunset on Lake Superior from last year’s road trip.

I am so #happy and #grateful. My twin sister made me one gadfly repellent and her husband made the other one. #gratitude #thankful

Huge thanks to everyone who contributes to opensource software! Your work is a gift that helps us all build, learn, and innovate new stuff. We appreciate you! #gratitude

Today, I am grateful for mastodon. Sometimes I browse bluesky, and one look at the comments section sends me straight back here. The kind, constructive tone is such a relief after the toxic tarpit the rest of social media has become.

Perhaps it's because the fediverse is a group of small neighbourhoods, each with their own character and purpose, all interconnected. Feeling a sense of community and belonging makes it easy to see our common humanity, be trusting, generous, and forgiving.

It reminds me of Hain, the ancient civilisation at the heart of Ursula Le Guin's Hainish cycle. In Four Ways to Forgiveness, Hain has become a cooperative of loosely affiliated villages. Each village governs itself collectively, and the villages work together for the common good. People on Hain have equality, self-determination, and freedom of movement—not only on Hain, but anywhere in the galaxy, if they desire. It's a peaceful anarchic utopia.

Le Guin contrasts it with the oppressive, hierarchical planet of Werel, and its recently liberated colony planet Yeowe. Yeowe strives for democracy, but unknowingly replicates many of the inequalities of its oppressor.

Sometimes you've gotta visit Yeowe to realise how good you've got it on Hain.

1. My primary care doc put in a referral for the orthopedic hand doc. Hopefully the referral will get me a quicker appointment than my phone call did (late September).
1.a. Blessed I didn’t need the orthopedic hand doc in over 4 years. Trouble is, if it’s been over 3 years, you’re treated as a new patient so there’s a long wait for an appointment at a time when you really need to get in sooner than later. Lesson learned.
2. High of 75 here in the Blue Ridge Mountains today and only 72 tomorrow. Yay!
3. Listened to my favorite songs in the car on the way to and from the doctor appointment. Windows down, sun roof open and good music is good for the soul.

Bonus - love looking back at my nightly sunset shots on Lake Superior when we stayed at our family cabin last year. I miss living near the Great Lakes (home).

Thank you to the buyer in Port Orchard, WA for the purchase of a Canvas Print from my Gallery! Enjoy!

https://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=f8524a4b23ed6046ed8b615312e8d5b9

Autumn morn tristesse
grateful for the dripping screen
tears fall silently

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#BornBattleReady - #tristesse
#BlueSkyArtShow - #gratitude
#WritingCommunity #poetry #haiku
#KBFPhotography #MobilePhonePhotography #Photography

@writingcommunity @poetry @haiku @photography

And, today is Thank You Dr Donaldson, Tufts Medical Center, and Genzyme, for the 1 August 2001 repair of my knee using my previously harvested cartilage that was cultured and grown by Genzyme. *knocks on wood* The expected duration of the repair was 15 years, but here we are at 24 and going strong! #ThankYou #gratitude #Healthcare #science #TuftsMedicine #Genzyme

Never be afraid to say "thank you"

Even when life feels heavy, nature shows up — steady, beautiful, and full of quiet wisdom.

We’re feeling so grateful lately. At #Oolie, we’re constantly inspired by the Earth — not just in our materials, but in our mindset. We’re grateful to do this work in harmony with nature, and to be connected to a community that cares so deeply about people and the planet.

Today is our first weekly gratitude post. What are you grateful for today?