Tag Archives: garden

Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning.

Posted on September 14, 2020 by

Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning. Thirty seven autumn degrees, it nodded. Prepare thyselves. I am coming. Just around the pumpkin bend. Dig up those garden carrots. Finish those bunching onions. I’m coming first for the … Continue reading →

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“Anyone who can’t figure this out is an idiot!”

Posted on August 29, 2020 by

People will fight about anything–I am now 100% sure. We were forced to buy a new Cuisinart food processor this week. (Our old one just celebrated its 20th birthday, give or take a half dozen years.) We chop, slice and … Continue reading →

Posted in August, 2020 | Tagged , , , , , , | 34 Comments

Should I stay or should I go?

Posted on August 11, 2020 by

I am feeling so much indecision these days.  Are any of you feeling the same? Let’s take a simple action like driving into the “big city” of Marquette tomorrow or the next day.  I need new summer pajamas, a lightweight … Continue reading →

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It’s life and death for them today

Posted on August 14, 2018 by

Fingers in brown sandy soil thinning crowded avenues of carrots.  I used to despair thinning these deep tap roots stretching down past undulating worms.  How could one decide carrot life or death?  How could one presume to kill this one … Continue reading →

Posted in August 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 35 Comments

Coming into wholeness

Posted on August 2, 2018 by

I have been thinking a lot about wholeness this week.  My friend, Deb, shared a post on Facebook recently about how she’s achieved wholeness in several areas of her life:  as a parent, as a spouse, as a descendant.  She … Continue reading →

Posted in August 2018 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 31 Comments

Hello, mouse & other early morning ponderings

Posted on September 8, 2014 by

1.  I have nothing to say and should be getting ready for work. 2.  A perfect time to write a blog post! 3.  If, by the time this post ends, the fingers type all nonsense–well, it’s easy enough to delete. … Continue reading →

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Slow down, you’re movin’ too fast, you got to make the morning last…

Posted on July 17, 2014 by

Sitting in a quiet house this morning sipping hot dark coffee with soy creamer from a deep blue mug.  Not running hither and yon, caught up in the what-must-be-done-next. Excuse me, I will wander out on the deck to give … Continue reading →

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Sweet potatoes, kale & avocado before flying to a tropical vacation

Posted on November 7, 2013 by

I’m making breakfast now, simmering sweet potatoes on stove top while simultaneously sautéing  onions and the very last of the kale (garden kale is always sweetest after it’s been frosted and picked) and, OK, maybe browning the onion a little … Continue reading →

Posted in November 2013 | Tagged , , , , , | 35 Comments

Is it possible to pick kiwis in Michigan in late October?

Posted on October 27, 2013 by

What constitutes an ordinary adventure in our lives? How do we discover the extraordinary hiding amidst the ordinary? Is it possible to discover magic in our life when we least expect it? Is it possible to feast upon tropical fruit … Continue reading →

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Gratitude for sh*t

Posted on October 15, 2013 by

Gentle reader, We’ve now reached Week 3 of this Gratitude series. This week something happened. I hesitate to tell you what.  It might offend your sensibilities.  Literally, this might stink.  It is a very sh*tty blog. But let us persevere! … Continue reading →

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