As much as I love gardening and flowers and a pretty yard, I’m not much of a gardener. I’m kind of lazy when it comes to tending the vegetation around my house. But the other day I got a nice surprise.
After Grandma’s funeral last spring, as we were packing up to return from Connecticut, [...]
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Grandma’s rose
Posted in loss, zen, tagged hope on September 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Zen and the art of loss
Posted in zen on April 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday I wrote all morning, fast and furious, and produced a manuscript I’m really very proud of, as rough as it probably is. It might be my best picture book yet. I was elated, mostly because I’d obviously recovered from my depressed Monday blues.
Then I spent the afternoon making marinara sauce, baking two loaves of [...]
Addiction, Recovery and the Appalachian Trail
Posted in zen on June 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The urge to smoke has been strong these past couple of days, maybe a week or so. I don’t know why. The end of the school year stress? The terrible twos stress? The beautiful weather, where an evening smoke on the back porch chair seems relaxing and familiar?
Fortunately, fighting the urge [...]
These Are the Days
Posted in zen on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I wish I had something new to add these days. We are happy spring his here. We are happy to spend 7 hours a day outside rather than inside, sniping at one another. Tee ball and soccer seasons have begun. Gardens are planted, tilled, contemplated. Seven weeks remain until summer [...]
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