These are the colors of fall for me now. A while back, my husband wrote a really good piece for Front Porch Republic about planting fruit trees even when you don’t know if you’ll get to reap the rewards of your labor. Yes, this did have a basis in real life, as we had just […]
It’s not original at all, not very complicated nor requiring much creative power to make it work. I’ve seen plenty of other artists use plant impressions in their pieces. But I’m not too worried about being a pathfinder or trailblazer right now, just about trying something new-for-me that I will love and that will expand […]
Here we are. We are like little magpies these days, collecting color and taste and texture for our book of life. Reading and strawberry picking and seven-foot tomato plants. Coffee and jam-making and homemade swimming pools. Having close church friends over for a vehement yet unheated discussion. These are the people we are—trading food and […]
Bake. Love. Dream. Wait. Melt. Eat. Revive, refresh. Learn. Make! Apprentice/coerce. Thank the Maker.
— 24 — Let the world’s sharpness, like a clasping knife, Shut in upon itself and do no harm In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm, And let us hear no sound of human strife After the click of the shutting. Life to life– I lean upon thee, Dear, without alarm, And […]
We found the tree last year while the fruit was still green, and watched them ripen slowly into late autumn. You know they’re ripe when they fall off the tree, at which point they are fair game for anyone (or animal) interested, so it’s difficult to gather enough for more than a taste. But aren’t […]
I’m up with my baby at 3 am. Nothing traumatic, just Up. He’s awake, and someone had to be with him. I’m darn well going to have a snack when I’m up in the middle of the night, so we’re in the kitchen, one dim light on, the one above the oven. Emmett’s on the […]
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