How often we hear or say these words. A harried waitress scrambles to serve her customers. After she takes our order, we add the kind words “No rush.”. A friend offers to come help us with a task and we say, “No rush. It can wait until you have time.” Yet how often do we […]
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Sometimes, I yearn for a piece of my mother’s delicious pineapple upside down cake. The term, “upside down” cake may sound absurd to those who have yet to try it- right up there with “mud pie” and “turtle” candy. Yet, this was a delicacy to be remembered. When the cake was pulled hot from the […]
” …positive! ” The words to the old Johnny Mercer song, Accentuate the Positive, have rung through the decades since its composition in 1944. World War II had dragged on for years. The world was weary of suffering, deprivation and death. More than anything, people needed hope and a way of getting through what was […]
First, a thick glaze of ice formed on all surfaces. Then, in the night, a fluffy white snow fell, giving everything the appearance of the Snow Queen’s world. To look at the garden, one would think that all was lifeless. In this realm of white, there isn’t a sign of green anywhere. And yet, the […]
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LIFE LITANY God of the elements God of the wild, Hear now your planet earth Wilderness child. God of all science God of all truth; You who have guarded my way Since my youth. God of the future God of the past; Setting…
Indian Summer? Sunshine and showers have created a steam bath affect in our valley. Temperatures have risen into the eighties every day for the past week. Yet, how could it be an early Indian Summer? Traditionally, Indian Summer only occurs after the first frost. While we had a cooler than usual summer, we […]
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The Newest Member of my Garden Family, “Studs Turtle”. He came under the fence from the meadow, probably attempting to escape the deadly blades of a neighbor’s riding mower. Mindlessly, the […]
When we have watched someone dear to us suffer and die, we are left in a kind of grief filled void. Our physical and emotional energies are spent. Images of the suffering one continue to run through our mind. We are grieved, yet can’t help but also feel relieved that the loved one’s struggle […]
Last spring, I bought a paper packet filled with lettuce seeds. Shaken out into my hand, they seemed like nothing more than tiny, dry slivers. Had I not known what they were, I’d have thought they were useless and thrown them away. Instead, I gently folded them under the soil in a large garden pot […]
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