“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer Were goldfinches not so insanely cute, I wouldn't be nearly so tolerant. They're out there, right now, snarfing down the same seeds that I hope to harvest for next year's crop of annuals. It's… Continue reading Going to seed
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Listening to the season
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” Charles Bowden, American writer Some people keep elaborate sports rosters in their head. Some know all the words to Broadway tunes or whom various Kardashians are dating. I know seasons. It's an internal game that started the year I was 22 and a brush with bad… Continue reading Listening to the season
A good dose of ‘whatever’
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian I had somehow forgotten I had a garden until the moment we turned the corner toward home and it came into view. Such was the power of a time of retreat that even this -- this raucous… Continue reading A good dose of ‘whatever’
Making space
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” Mother Teresa, Christian, humanitarian It may have something to do with having an old house with many nooks and crannies. Somehow, I have come to not only terms with other species sharing the space we call home, I've… Continue reading Making space
The sole source of joy
"You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French philosopher, priest, scientist They will soon be here. A bit like a monarch, but think bigger stripes and black and white instead of black and orange. Zebra swallowtails… Continue reading The sole source of joy
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 