Background Music
I think that most people have background music on in their homes, in their cars, and even while enjoying the outdoors.
Plan Now for Beneficial Insects
Most of the frozen perennials are cut back, the compost bins are cooking, and the beds are mulched. So, besides harvesting my winter greens, there’s not much to do in the winter garden, even in Texas.
What’s a girl to do?
Hide and Seek
I don’t know about you, but I thoroughly enjoyed playing Hide and Seek as a child.
Lebanese Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup
I have more Swiss chard that I know what to do with!
The Detective’s Cork-Board
As I awkwardly lurch out of bed and gingerly shuffle to the kitchen to turn on the kettle, I have one person on my heart. I reach for my favorite jasmine tea dn stop dead in my bedroom slipper tracks.
Texas January Gardening Checklist
What to do in a Texas Garden in January is “iffy” business. . . if we’ve had a hard freeze yet, if it’s been a dry winter so far, or if warm temperatures have been persistently stubborn.
Holiday Afterglow
I have to let go of the picture of what I thought it would be like and learn to find joy in the story I am actually living.
What Do You Want?
I can’t believe it’s been three years, last November, since I started sharing these bi-weekly posts! I am humbly grateful to you, my readers, for joining me in this adventure.
“She” Ain’t Heavy
Have you heard of the song, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” by the Hollies? The story behind this song stems from the early 1900’s when Father Flanagan, the founder of Boy’s Town, was glancing through a magazine showing a picture of an older boy carrying a younger boy on his back. The caption read, “He ain’t heavy mister. . . he’s my brother.”
Winter Cleaning, not Spring Cleaning!
After taking down Christmas and before pulling back your “normal” items from where you hid them in your excitement to decorate for the holidays the day after Thanksgiving, give all your surfaces a good cleaning. There’s no need to go out and buy fancy cleaners to do the job, just follow my easy directions and concoct your own product!