Mother’s garden, secret and circumscribed, grooms the smell of well-trodden moss to cloak the moonscaped sliver of silver beds. Scents of life teem with rotted death and swell. Immortal in what is left, impervious to the fleeting beat of [...]
Bill Gates comes to this issue with down-to-earth prose and common sense solutions. As someone who grew up in the 1970's when we first began REALLY talking about climate issues, his references to that time period should serve as a [...]
Lavender evokes a million emotions. It is not just the senses of sight, smell, touch, and taste. Once you have experienced a warm day, the scent of blooming lavender floating on a soft breeze, and the gentle buzzzz of bees [...]
What could be better than a gift giveaway on Beltaine? Fiona's Scottish day of celebration, but one that is recognized in so many other cultures in the world. May Day. Baskets full of flowers. May-pole dancing and festivities. Joy in the [...]
simple dawn stroked midnight purple reaches dew-fresh morn to capture deepest yearning. Photo by Ronaldo Oliveira on Unsplash
As we measure and take stock of our differences, it's important that we not make them weapons. The attack on the mosque in London is in the news this morning and it has provoked a response from social media. Retribution [...]
A lot of things changed that summer. Let's take it back to 2008, when things may have seemed more simple, easier, but for me, it wasn't. Sure, I was the typical teenager who did not really understand what it meant [...]
I Got Cancer for my Birthday. For six weeks, I lived with a death sentence. I turned 50 knowing I might not make my next birthday. Worse, my husband and kids lived it too. I was alone with my surgeon [...]
The gray is gone. Big sky has returned. There are some chores that can't wait for Mother's Day to pass. I don't mind. Once you've had cancer, even the most menial of chores are meditative. We waited last [...]