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Summer Bouquets from My Cottage Garden
In 2018 when we officially began our little porch garden I never dreamed I would have this many flowers to cut and make into bouquets for neighbors and friends. But that’s the thing— God does life. He multiplies it. He spills it over and over and over. Flowers die and in their deaths, abundant seeds… Continue reading
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Flowers Are Hardy—throw those seeds at the wind & see
Planting sunflower seeds every year usually ends up being quite a treat and watching it unfold often ends up being a beautiful thing to behold! Last year Ben and I planted on Mother’s Day by moonlight. This year we did it later than ever and in shifts. Ben prepped the bed and I came a… Continue reading
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The Audacity – a poem for winter nights
The following is one of the few poems I wrote in the fall when I was finalizing Carol of the Mourning Dove and sharing it with the world. While it was a poem inspired by my sunflowers in the autumn, I think it is quite a fitting dare and resolution for these winter nights. I… Continue reading
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How I Spend Late Summer Days in my California Garden
In these days which are neither height of bustling summer nor invigorating rush of autumn’s beginning, I start to notice the change in light, my gaze is pushed past the withering sunflowers to the sky. I’m drawn to the the blue canopy above. Everything dying pushes my gaze up, up, up. Isn’t that just like… Continue reading
