Hello friends! Took last weekend off from writing because I didn’t have anything much to say. I still don’t, but here I am anyway. So this could be short and sweet or long and rambling about everything and nothing in particular. Seed Starting station The indoor seed starting is going pretty well. I made the …
Plastic and a Little Gardening
Witch Hazel is flowering! Friends who've known me for awhile, know that James and I have been undertaking removing as much plastic from our lives as we can. It began as a way to reduce plastic waste because recycling wasn't good enough (mircoplastics) and food wrapped in plastic often has plastic in it. We've been …
My Garden Keeps Me Calm
Melody Maple glowing in the morning sunrise Not a great week for news. The war in Ukraine is now in its third year, and people are starting to say that Ukraine should just negotiate an end to the war, which means giving up a huge chunk of their country to Russia. Putin will not stop …
Thoughts on Reading
Some read, some not Last July I mentioned how I tried to zero out my Goodreads Challenge number in an attempt to move my reading away from a consumer capitalist, must read as many books as I can, must be productive mindset. I struggled to lower the number, because, what would people think? I’m a …
In Your Dreams
I’m not a person who attaches meaning to dreams in general. I don’t keep a dream journal and I rarely recall my dreams when I wake up. I think most of the time our dreams are simply our brains processing the day and wiping the slate to prepare for the next day. Dreams can be …