Gratitude Day – June 2023

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Today we’re celebrating another JohnnyO Gratitude Day!

Collective Effervescence

Images by Maike und Björn Bröskamp and Alexa from Pixabay. Graphic design by Niki Flow.

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A Special Celebration!

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Today we’re celebrating ¤ JohnnyO! ¤

♥ Today is John’s 65th Birthday and 900th Day of Sobriety! **Congratulations, John**! Go Nuggets! ♥

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Gratitude Day – May 2023

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Today we’re celebrating another JohnnyO Gratitude Day!

This is a 5-minute excerpt of a 35-minute interview by Arnie Carter with John Olander, our first generous poet on under1000skies.org. Features two of John’s poems, “Hello Fear” and the first poem John ever wrote six years ago, “History Shelf.” John talks candidly about his life on the street, his addiction, what he loves about being a poet, and how he has triumphed since. Congrats, John! Thank you so much.

Transcription below.

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Gratitude Day – 28 January 2023

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Today we’re celebrating another JohnnyO Gratitude Day!

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Gratitude Day 28 December 2022

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Today we’re celebrating JohnnyO!

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Year 6

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
These were the Gems in Year 6 (2020) on ¤ under1000skies ¤

Each video represents one or two weeks of daily quotes with themes.

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Year 6 – 2020 ¤

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Gems 8.166-T

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Niki Flow

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

Gems 3.64. Photo “Under the Sky” by Niki Flow. Poem “Effort Equals Change” by Johnny O

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Gratitude Day ☼ 28 August 2022

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Niki Flow

28 August 2022

John Olander at “The Slate” in Denver, CO.

This month, John shared three new poems, the vid above, photos of beautiful friends, and two gorgeous murals at SAME Cafe and Tattered Cover Books, Denver, Colorado.

Thanks so much, Johnny O!

♥.

Defying Odds – The Mural

This beautiful mural was created by Mary Rosenburg and hangs in SAME Cafe in Denver, Colorado. The mural was created as an homage* to John and features the words from his poem “Defying Odds.”

*See John’s comment below explaining the beautiful story about this and other SAME Cafe murals. ♥.

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Gratitude Day ☼ 28 July 2022

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Niki Flow

A JohnnyO Celebration!

Each week John writes at SAME Cafe to a prompt for Coach Matt Salis which is “as fresh as each day’s breath.” Each month on the 28th we can look forward to a new piece to celebrate Gratitude Day for another month of wellness.

Thank you, John!