inSpirations and inSights on my pebbled garden path…
Some people say expectations set us up for disappointment. But as a gardener I say, "I must have expectations for the fruits of my labor. Otherwise, why would I plant?" And more often than not, the final product --- of abundant produce and beautiful blooms --- far exceeds my expectations. Still, sometimes plant wilt. Sometimes …
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No surprise to me, this inspirational sentiment about a garden's virtues. What is surprising though, is that it was written by the Persian poet Saadi who lived more than 700 years ago. Can you imagine the beauty he beheld then, before industry dominated our planet? If I find a garden breathtaking now, I wonder what …
Reading a snippet about feeling awkward around kids reaffirmed there is nothing wrong with those who feel uncomfortable around children.  Perhaps you have no experience with kids. Does your gut groan around pre-adolescents...looking for what to say? Have you purposely chosen to not father children but instead protectively care for plants, pets, or a …
Death is not so permanent as one might think. When contemplating compost, you more fully understand the cycle of life. Fruits and vegetables provide nutrition to us. Flowers offer beauty. When their peelings, parings, stems and leaves are tossed into the bin to decompose, in time they become nutrition for the soil.  Black gold I …
I do not understand the language of texting, or bar codes containing paragraphs of information. I do not understand how people do not know how to count change, what their own phone number is, or how communication and society have morphed into a world of antonyms. Words such as cooperation, negotiation, impartial, conversation, politeness, and respect …
I wonder how healthy Americans would be if: The government gave everyone $2,000/year to spend on the preventive care of their choice. Western medicine would partner with the wonders of alternative, eastern, and non-traditional medicine. Big Pharma and lawyers stopped advertising. Insurance companies allowed patients to select their own doctor, and gave doctors enough time …
...with the key thrown away --- my choice, that is. I use to think if I made a choice I had to live with it --- that there was no turning back. That if I changed my mind it meant I was inferior. That if I selected one thing, that that was that and that …
Have you ever had that Twilight Zone feeling, like when the phone rings and an inner voice says, "Don't answer it," only to ignore the warning and have that phone call forever change your life? I did. And it wasn't for the best. Two years later I was still recouping my life yet it would …
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