Ecological Gardening and Other Creative Pursuits
October has a certain urgency to it — so much to do: harvesting produce and getting ready for winter, all while juggling weather extremes. But it is also full of magic and mystery! Portals, once hidden in the overgrowth of summer, now reveal themselves….Keep an eye out for them. The birds will tell you where they are.
The Willow Room in spring takes on a life of its own. Individually, the reeds are supple. They bend with the forces that shape them. Together, however, they are strong – forever interlocked. Recent events in Boston remind us how together we are stronger, and, too, how each of us needs an inner garden sanctuary in which to find peace and make sense of this world.
Welcome to my secret garden: the Willow Room. It didn’t start out as much – just a few twigs; but it has transformed into something truly magnificent! A place to dance and celebrate autumn!
We planted my mother with the dogs in the pet cemetery. It’s true. She would have wanted it that way, right next to her best friend, little Lambchop. It’s not as bad as it sounds. The cemetery, which we affectionately call “Boot Hill,” sits on a little knoll with a view of the Olympic Mountains, … Read more
