Beet Beauty

Ever feel as though you’re moving at the speed of light?  That’s when I need good grounding, and beets help me do that.  I took this photo a few weeks ago, and just looking at it brings energy back into my body.  Wish I had some real beetsto eat today, but...

Growing Abundance

Last year my neighbor and jewelry artist, Tia Salmela Keobounpheng, shared a tomato plant from the surplus of her abundant garden.  It turned out to be a hearty cheery tomato variety that kept me in delicious red fruit all season long.  The surprise blessing this year...

Social Tending

The wasps are alive!  That was my goal.  When I discovered water finding its way into the basement via an ill-fitting and leaf-clogged downspout, I borrowed my neighbor’s ladder.  Then, just in time, I saw the wasps, above my back door and two feet from the...

Growing Open

Do you think she’s shy?  Or does she appear that way until the petals fill with sunshine and unfurl?  I appreciate how the early stages of unfolding can seem so awkward and even scrawny, but truly the black-eyed Susan flower is beautiful all along the way.  This...

Pattern Steps

On my artist’s date this week I wandered across the field of the Sisters of St. Joseph looking for the labyrinth.  Suddenly I noticed the uneven ground beneath my feet and realized I’d just walked over it!  Turns out they are in transition.  There are two...