March 2024

“But why should the daffodils and tulips / Get all the praise and blessings? / My rebirth goes unnoticed- I am worthy / Of smiles and dazzled cries of worship.” — Lea Malot

November 2023

“In November, the earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures. The bed is white and silent, and much life can hide beneath its blankets.” — Cynthia Rylant

September 2023

“As the alluring song of September begins to whisper in my ear, my passionate spirit yearns for the splendor of its promise.” — Peggy Toney Horton

The Missing Pages – April, May, & June

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

March 2023

“March is when some days are winter and some days are spring, but it’s not a smooth gradient from the beginning of the month to the end.” – Jarod Kintz

June 2022

“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” — Steinbeck

March 2022

March is such a fickle month. It is the seam between winter and spring—though seam suggests an even hem, and March is more like a rough line of stitches sewn by an unsteady hand, swinging wildly between January gusts and June greens. You don’t know what you’ll find, until you step outside. – V. E. Schwab

July 2021 • Part II

Get out of town. Reset. Breathe. Let go. Have fun. Play. Celebrate.

May 2021

May was new. New plant propagations, new wine, a new museum to haunt, a new tattoo. Two birthdays, one of them a 90th. New friendships and new arts-and-crafts for new friends.

Girls Trip – A Review

Grab a few gal pals and give this a watch when you’re looking to have a few laughs and blow off a little steam. 200 year old bottle of absinthe? Optional. Maybe chill a bottle of rosé instead.