neolithic daydreams
I’ve been reading The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow. The pages were turning quickly until I got to this part almost half way through, and then I was stopped in...
Category: plants
Summer
Entering a different mode. I’m not making very much at all with cloth, paper, fiber. I’m just stitching once a week, on Friday afternoons. I miss all the making I was doing, but my...
Gladdening
It is a trick, or should I call it a technique, that I’m learning. Grace called it brightening, but I know it as gladdening. Gladdening the heart. That’s the phrase that comes to my...
The snake in the tree
I was eager to take my walk today around 3pm. It’s cloudy today and cool. Will be even cooler tomorrow and we might be inside most of the day. We plan to clean sawdust...
Joys of June
I’ve been thinking about joy lately. Wondering about it. Do I experience it? What causes it? Can I cultivate it? Walking in the neighborhood brings me joy. These plants, their exuberant colors.
sojourn with different trees
I took a three day trip to New York and Connecticut. It is really too much driving for three days, and there was a lot of visiting. So I’m in recovery mode today. I...
On this planet
Sam planted the tomato row yesterday. It was buggy but not hot. Rain in the forecast, but not much. We put in fewer plants than last year. My seeds didn’t germinate well, maybe too...