Girls Just Wanna Have Fu-un
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
So, when I drive up to my house, or pull out of the driveway, I greet my flowers. "Hi girls! How yo...
For Memorial Day
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
We have this little painted ceramic tile that sits in the kitchen. We write on it with wipe-off markers. The message could be - Gone to the movies, be back at 10:00, or, if it is a special day, there will be a Happy Birthday message or pray...
Graceful Rain
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
You will so rarely hear me complain about rain.
More often, the water inside me recognizes the water outside me and smiles a polite "hello."
Sometimes the torrents inside me recognize the torrents outside me and breathe a deep, gu...
More often, the water inside me recognizes the water outside me and smiles a polite "hello."
Sometimes the torrents inside me recognize the torrents outside me and breathe a deep, gu...
God You are My Mother
posted about 1 year ago, updated 6 days later | 1 comment
God, you are Mother, tender and full, swelled with life.
You are Wisdom, full and complete.
I find myself in the protection of your womb
where you carry me constantly with you.
Your own being nourishes my infant spirit
steadfastly, ...
You are Wisdom, full and complete.
I find myself in the protection of your womb
where you carry me constantly with you.
Your own being nourishes my infant spirit
steadfastly, ...
Sardine Commute
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I went to work early and I stayed late. Too late. Last one in line for the last-bus-of-the-day late. That means that on a bus designed to hold 56 commuters, I was number 58, and I would have to stand.
Okay. “It’s a’right. It’s all good.” After al...
Okay. “It’s a’right. It’s all good.” After al...
Office Job or Garden Job?
posted about 1 year ago, updated about 3 hours later | 0 comments
Office Job or Garden Job?
It is 7:30 in the morning and I get off my commuter bus in downtown DC near the State Dept, to enjoy a 9-block walk to my office. It’s Springtime in DC, so flowering trees and baby greens abound. DC is a major tourist at...
It is 7:30 in the morning and I get off my commuter bus in downtown DC near the State Dept, to enjoy a 9-block walk to my office. It’s Springtime in DC, so flowering trees and baby greens abound. DC is a major tourist at...
Of Mulch and Nameless Weeds
posted about 1 year ago, updated 4 days later | 2 comments
Today was mulch day. Well, yesterday was mulch day too. At the end of mulch day, it’s the butt muscles that hurt! Yowza -- all that bending and stretching.
There are many different techniques for mulching, and I used them all today. There’s the g...
There are many different techniques for mulching, and I used them all today. There’s the g...
Oh, the Sweet Pain
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 minutes later | 4 comments
God, I love my garden. People who know me know this. They would derive this from a simple visit to our home and enjoying the loose, lively and lovely spread of color, the heady scents, the overabundance of beauty.
But, it's not just the be...
But, it's not just the be...
