6/6

Today I am grateful to the man with the beautiful voice who sang in front of my building yesterday.

6/7

Today I am grateful for my new shower head

6/8

Today I am grateful for:

• a conversation with Chander yesterday for the first time in years
• an unexpected call of support from my cousin John

6/9

Today I am grateful to finally replace a faulty light switch in my guest bedroom.

6/10

Today I am grateful to attend the Chicago Blues Festival yesterday

6/11

Today I am grateful for a call from my sister Debbie yesterday.

6/12

Today I am grateful to see the Giordano Dance company last night at the Auditorium Theatre last night.

6/13

Today I am grateful for my personal trainer

6/14

Today I am grateful to sit on my balcony reading last night as the storm raged around me.

6/15

Today I am grateful:

- to present at the Hampton Roads .NET User Group last night

- to attend a presentation on Juneteenth and the city of Chicago yesterday afternoon

- to run into Thad on my bike ride last night and ride with him to 31st Street Beach

6/16

Today I am grateful for a new wallet

6/17

Today I am grateful to see "Top Gun: Maverick" last night at a Microsoft-sponsored event.

6/18

Today I am grateful to see "The Luckiest" at the Raven Theatre last night.

6/19

Today I am grateful to be a father

6/20

Today I am grateful to Tim for treating me to an Ethiopian dinner for Father's Day last night.

6/21

Today I am grateful

-to deliver 2 presentations yesterday to my old organization

-that the part was in stock, so my bike repair completed yesterday

6/22

Today I am grateful for lunch with Mitch yesterday

6/23

Today I am grateful for dinner with J. in New Buffalo yesterday

6/24

Today I am grateful for a White Sox game with my former team

6/26

Today I am grateful for a weekend visit from a group of friends I met my freshman year of college, decades ago.

6/27

Today I am grateful to visit the DuSable Museum of African American History for the first time

6/28

Today I am grateful for a free Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert last night at Millennium Park

6/29

Today I am grateful to see the Indigo Girls in concert last night

6/30

Today I am grateful to Eric for planning and running last night's Microsoft Build After-Party

7/1

Today I am grateful that a difficult Fiscal Year ended with optimism.

7/2

Today I am grateful to give away a lot of old furniture that I have held onto for decades

7/3

Today I am grateful to listen to the My Morning Jacket concert last night outside the venue gates.