The Autumn Equinox occurs September 23rd, just two days away. Ready or not, summer will transition into Autumn/Fall. It is harvesting time, whether garden produce, farm fields or the maturing of growing kids. Even with periods of drought and then buckets of drenching rain, our gardens Read More …
Summer isn’t over, but in our thinking, summer is over. School has begun and even with no youngsters, in our minds, those yellow buses signal “Fall.” Summer celebrations are mostly past and fall activities looming. I quote this poem annually, so perhaps by now you Read More …
“In case you’ve forgotten, you are the child who delighted in finding wild flowers and funny-looking pebbles and looking up at the stars…..”* In our over-zealous push to be adults, we do tend to forget the child within, but mythoughts usually wander backward after a Read More …
August, the month of foggy mornings, cooler nights and the full blossom of summer. I was born on a Saturday in August, which makes me a “child who works hard for a living” according to the old nursery rhyme. I never favored, for me, the Read More …
What is your favorite summer drink? Iced tea keeps me happy from mid-June through mid-September; I make 2 quarts from three tea bags; black tea, green tea and white tea. Light and unsweetened! I was recently told to cut back on caffeine, but tea and Read More …
Summer mornings are, metaphorically, big smiley faces for early risers. Everything is so still! The sun is palely filtered through the lilacs, grass is sparkly with dew, air is fresh, and bird songs are slightly muted. There is a new beginning feel to very early morning Read More …
Did you take note of the Summer Solstice a week ago? There are both mystical and light-hearted traditions around Midsummer Night’s Eve and Mid-summer’s Day, dating back to pagan Europe. One is that pixies, dryads, fauns and a variety of other-worldly creatures are out and Read More …
June is the green smoothie of summer months; so many shades of green, and everything is juicy with growth. Flag Day was yesterday; an opportunity to muse upon the history of our Stars and Stripes, from Betsy Ross’s stitchery to the addition of stars from the Read More …
It’s March……Little rivulets of joy Begin flowing down stones, Through the mosses Out from the tree roots. They’ve been there all the time, just hidden down under Read More …
What a variety of weather February is bringing us. Shortly after Valentine’s Day, environmentalists on social media began encouraging us to leave garden debris for a few weeks at the beginning of the “season”, and “don’t pull dandelions.” I’m thinking, “Umm.….there are still patches of snow beneath my Read More …
