Season’s change and so do I the end of summer arrives, and thensuddenlyit’s fallwhere usually this comes with a feeling of dread, for methis year I seem to have just idly wanderedon throughas though someone’s left the door open… the…
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The thing is,they don’t always tell you how hard it can beto have a heart that is fullandopenthe one that will feel, the one thatknows sure, they’ll be quick to mentionit goes by in the blink of eye, you’ve heard…
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Finished! Whew!!Just this morning, I finished reading A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth.What a fantastic read! I don’t often read fiction any more,and I’m not gonna lie, I kind of became interested in this book, when I first heard it…
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I found this little stone at work,in the shape of a heartI tend to notice these things, how theyappearin my pathyet hadn’t been there beforeit was wet when I first saw itso it appeared blackas I feel compelled to do,…
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Mostly I wanted to tell you about the monarchshow every time we step outinto the front gardentheyappear and how it always feels likethe most honourablevisitto us, asendangered as now they are and also about the rabbitthat came into view last…
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There is a kind of blessing to sittingquietlybelow a big full moon still hangingin the morning skyeven a little before the sun begins its rise with coffee andwarmslippers watching tiny chickadees at the feeder and thinking, these little fellows might…
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Maybe I was hoping today,I wouldsitto write something, possibly evenof little importanceabout a day, like todaybut sometimes life justtakes over each small bit offree space probably I would have told you howthe sky was so blueand the air was a…
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On the morning of a day expected to beheating upsevere storms in the forecastI sit by the pondin a lovely light breezea peaceable smile, dogs at my feetwatching a monarch flutterand the oriolesin the trumpet vine, attracted to thesweetnessof bold…
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“I want to tell you about the most hopeful thing in the world. It is a seed.”~ Janisse Ray Our giant puppy has been collecting seedsby way of trampling through all the gardensthe fur behind his ears andon his neck…
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As I sit, watching the birds, most especially the oriolesthat have gathered, holding on to how wondrous wasthe spotting of this week’s special visitora brown thrasher,and noticing that the tadpoles are beginning to sproutlegsI find myself also working throughthis morning’s…
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