Several years ago, I was in the car with my husband. I think we were in our neighborhood, perhaps headed to the grocery store. We passed a yard where the young man of the house was toiling away at his flawless lawn. The grass was a lush carpet of thick, inviting, green. As he bagged […]
Continue readingBalance – It’s the Best
Pandemics and Gardening I love to garden. I am not necessarily great at it. But it is, most certainly, great for me. With one caveat. Balance. Planting, constructing, working with seed, reveling in the sites and sounds of the outdoors: this has been all I have been able to do. It takes me away from […]
Continue readingThere’s Food in Your Yard!
My daughter introduced me to foraging a few years back. In an earlier post, As God is My Witness I’ll Never Go Hungry, I detailed the beginnings of my attempts at foraging. I thought now was a good time to present the topic of extending your food supply with what is more than likely already […]
Continue readingSoothing Anxiety in a Pandemic – A Meditation Practice by Anne Bailey
Nature heals. Lately, I’ve been waking up just after four in the morning with no chance of going back to sleep. I’m going to assume I need to see the world wake up more than I need the slumber. Bathing in the joyous music of the birds and the bugs is worth rising at such […]
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