Winter is Over!
Before our Christmas traditions took hold, there were other festivals in the northern hemisphere among folks who were tucked in for winter. The crops had…
winter
Delayed Gratification #NaBloPoMo
Not much time to write today. I spent most of my day planting about 175 bulbs in my flower beds. Daffodils and Muscari and Crocus, …
Winter is Coming
As an introvert, I dont often make small talk with fellow passengers on a flight. Now that you can use a kindle during taxi and…
Longing for Crocus…
17 months ago, I planted nearly a thousand bulbs at our parsonage. While that sounds like a lot, let me tell you, a bag of…
spring is just around the corner
Gardening has really been a spiritual experience for me these past couple of years. It is hard work, down on your hands and knees,…
and so it begins
Lent that is… the season of wilderness wandering entered our community with a snowstorm and forced us to cancel our Ash Wednesday services. I think…
our first iowa snow and our first houseguests
Yesterday we spent quite a lot of time picking up around the house and sorting things out. We sort of have our furniture in the…