Where these now grow was once a combination of heavily packed patches of gravel, yard debris from nearby neighbours, and a wild tangle of blackberries. When imagining what once was, this metamorphosis could be similar to that of moths and… Read more
A Little Beauty
Memories grown here
Spending time in the yard or out in nature has always fed my soul. It’s a thread to memories of my mother. In my pandemic dream gardens I would walk with my friends, the gardeners, and we would talk. They… Read more
A Little Beauty
June 6, 2022
We had friends over for dinner twice this past week. Time spent together over a good meal is the ideal recipe for really good times. Lately I’ve been accepting offers of, “is there anything I may contribute?” So when one… Read more
A Little Beauty, A Story
little stories of the week
“How can a country’s love for its children be less than its love for guns?” That’s a very pointed and poignant question asked of the USA this past week by Linwood Barclay. Besides being smitten with the way the morning… Read more
A Little Beauty
It’s been a good week
As I’ve likely mentioned, I’ve purchased a perfect-for-me photography related workshop. It’s not one of those ho-hum, how to take photos, how to compose, how to blah blah blah. No, this one is all about what productive things to do… Read more
A Little Beauty, A Story
a nursery for nurturing connection
Life is full of extremes, contradictions, vastly diverse interests, and connections. This morning I heard an interview on the radio in which people on the street were being asked if, while on the toilet, they use their phone. Good grief,… Read more
A Little Beauty
It’s natural
Nature has an incredible capacity for regeneration and growth. We see that clearly demonstrated in the season of spring. As Hermann Hesse once wrote, “… life does not await permission to be lived.” This Mallard drake was used to people… Read more
A Little Beauty
love what you have
Ferns are unfurling. Thick spears of hosta appear like bullets shooting from the still-cold, wet earth. Some rhododendrons are in full bloom exalting at another spring, while others have bulging buds ready to burst with their frilly life. Though daffodils… Read more
