I don’t like people to try and whip me into shape. It is my nature. I make no exceptions and that can get me into trouble. Especially with those who are loyal to causes. So when I came across a conversation that rattles some cages I thought “Why not post that?” instead of “I wouldn’t […]
The wonder of a soul in the outdoors
Season’s End
End of November will mean the final end of my growing season. There have been years I plant and do garden work in December and January, but it is a bit of madness really… and I don’t see that in my future at this point. So the end of my garden season, it is. I’m […]
Sad Truths
There are many sad truths in life. We find many of them in the garden, contributing to the melancholy way we feel in fall when our natural tendency is to do a retrospective similar to the way we view the timeline of the year at New Year’s. The same transitioning from one season to the […]
Gladys Tabor’s Wry Yankee Wit
Gladys Tabor was a beloved writer of my mother’s generation. She had a homely, yet penetrating way of observing her small world filled with common daily chores. That is one of the things we can love about her writing… and some things are quite true in any generation it seems… which is what makes for […]
The New Perspective
One of the things I love about a vacation, especially -for me- the beach with its expanse of sand, ocean, and relaxed lifestyle of a visitor, is the change of perspective it gives. Fresh views of focus, you might say. Even when we love our place, our own home and garden, we can get bogged […]
Live and Learn: Things This Garden Taught Me
My city garden taught me that I could make a beautiful garden, and it had shown me my reach. This garden had shown me my grasp, and it has also shown me my limits and foolishness. Those were good things to learn from a garden, which also tempers its hard lessons with golden moments of […]
