"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
Tag: gardening
Smallering and smallering
"I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got." Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax" The house-predecessor who designed our garden had a sense for dramatic sweeps of color. Right now, the backyard is glowing orange with Stella d'Oro lilies, trumpet vine and daisies whose blooms are… Continue reading Smallering and smallering
Plotting in the rain
“What's a rainy day without some delicious coffee-flavoured loneliness?” Sanober Khan, Mumbai poet "Nora! Are you planting already?" I jerked upright, caught dirty handed in my own front yard. The question came from the venerable lady who once owned our house and whose shoes as a gardener I will never fill. (To this day, people… Continue reading Plotting in the rain
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 