Walking in my former neighborhood, I often passed a property that offered changing views of an old home being taken apart. I hoped someone was saving intricate moldings or original doors…that some of that home would find its way to newly shine in another spot. Sadness arose in me seeing bones of the home sitting bald while a roof peak sat … [Read more...]
Seeing the Homeless with New Eyes
1 On my way to the Health Food Store to attend their Earth Day special, I spot two men, who may be homeless, sitting on a bench in shade, bundled up against the wind. I feel grateful I can scoot into the store without a jacket, and without engaging with them, since my time feels tight before heading home for an appointment. Later, … [Read more...]
Seek What Matters
This morning, I move plants multiple times to catch sunny spots through the windows. I muse about the last weeks of Dad’s life when he asked to move near me. And once he was here, it wasn’t working. So he asked me to move him back to his Charlotte house. Oh, my. So much in me was tired from the spur-of-the-moment journey moving Dad … [Read more...]
Frozen, Thawing, Broken Open
When a winter blast the first week of spring blew in, Ben found our Crown of Thorns plant on our front porch the next morning feeling rather frozen. Darn. Wish we’d pulled it in overnight, but we didn’t anticipate the low temperatures. It’s inside now, and we so hope it can recover from the tundra’s effects. This wounded plant in our … [Read more...]
Massage the Soil of Your Soul
My partner Ben nurtures the soil of his vegetable garden with free manure available at a nearby forest. His love for gardening lives inside his ancestry, his genes, and his heart, making these sunny days of early spring a gift to Ben’s soul. He’s seriously in heaven fiddling around outside this time of year, picking rocks from the garden, … [Read more...]
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