Prairie Flowers Conversation

Here is a conversation I had yesterday with a very nice lady, who lives in New Jersey and whom I consider a friend, who has never been to Kansas. Obviously she has never seen photos of Kansas prairie flowers.

Alison: I didn’t bring my camera because I never end up taking photos. The only thing I’m [...]

July 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Personal Words | 2 comments

Green Earth

I feel very blessed to live on our beautiful green Earth. In fact I just can’t imagine living anywhere else

But seriously, I’ve often found myself frustrated about how complicated it seems to live gracefully, sustainably, gently, and thankfully on my own little spot on the planet. Life is busy. There is so much [...]

June 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Personal Words | 2 comments

How Does Love of Nature Arise?

I’ve been puzzling over the love of nature and how it arises. In fact I’ve recently asked both of my teens about their memories of nature in a quest to better understand how they came to respect it and care about it. The answer really isn’t that startling – they seem to love nature because [...]

June 15th, 2009 | Category: Personal Words | 4 comments

Garden Corner 06/04/09

I was very thankful this week for the thunderstorm which brought my Kansas garden corner some much needed rain. I’ve had a couple of days of cooler weather and I’ve been out weeding with my hoe. I just wonder, is the ability to use an old-fashioned hoe a lost art? My hoe is old – [...]

June 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Personal Words | 4 comments

Garden Corner 05/28/09

My Kansas garden corner grows more leaves, and more green, by the day. Is May normally this green? I confess, I must have had my eyes shut in years past. What was I thinking, was my mind off traveling to another place and time? This year I feel rooted right here and it is beautiful.

Gardening/life [...]

May 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Personal Words | 3 comments
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