Autumn is right around the bend. Hummingbirds zoom from scarlet runner flower to scarlet runner flower, over my head and behind my back, filling their bellies and my heart, before I spy the bumblebees and butterflies who are much gentler in their touchdowns and takeoffs. The shifting morning light through the Maples and the Cottonwoods…
Hi, hey, hello! How the heck are you! I’ve been (happily) lost in the garden! Mostly! Time marches on whether or not we’d like it to, and so, here we are. May has flown by and I haven’t written a word here (or in my other spaces) for over three weeks. Wild, no? Instead, I’ve…
I spent some time in the unseasonably warm temperatures yesterday checking on perennials, spreading compost, and contemplating how to deepen our nutrient dense food production given the vast uncertainty of the political and climate future we are facing. Goodness, things are moving at a rapid pace. It sure is nice to have some soil to…
Hi, Hey, Hello! So glad to have you pop over! I’ve got the kettle on, a pot of green chile stew simmering up, and just pulled some skillet blue corn bread from the oven. Have a seat and let me know what I can bring to the table while we share some space and time…
The old lady harvests eggs each day While her hens at seed peck away. In hand right now, only four (?!) With hopes tomorrow they’ll lay more, While the goats watch on, munching hay. I’m not sure I’ve ever written a limerick before, despite my decades of reading and writing poetry. However, when I stumbled…
