2026 Happy Blog Challenge

 Super Bowl Sunday  Intention for the day: Do my best to remain upbeat as I sort through my stuff.  The goal is to find things to part with. Happy things for today: With the weather still bitterly cold, I walked three miles on the treadmill this morning.  Yay, steps! Looking outside to the cold. Music has really lifted my spirits today.   April is National Poetry Month.  I looked that up after unpacking a poetry book.  I'll be hiking much of April.  I like writing little rhymes and hope to find inspiration to do that, maybe one every day for April?  Anyhow, I sat and read some of the poems in the book I unpacked.  I'm going to try keeping it close that I might remember and pick it up from time to time and randomly read a poem.  One of the poems I read today was “The Barefoot Boy” by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).  Mr. Whittier is  supposedly a distant cousin?  It's a good poem.  I admit to having to lo...

 You found it! January 1st. Welcome to a new year of me looking for happiness and gratitude within my day. Thank you for being here. I'm going to try to make a small change to my life habits and I'm going to attempt to bring that to my daily blog.   A recent video I saw was about habits to add to a morning to make a happier life. One of these suggestions was to start the day with an intention. That should mean something mindful or positive. It might turn into a goal for me as I tend to be practical so my mind works that way more. One intention for today was going to include getting out for a walk. As the wind blows and the temperature drops, I'm debating that. That is also more like a goal. The other was to do something different that I might not otherwise do. Writing an intention down before my day starts and trying to follow-through will be part of this. I hope you join me as I attempt to build this new habit. The above was written after a nice breakfast out ...