Unknown 15.04 Add Comment #EagerSoul Edit Worth the Work It's easy to blame the world. It's easy to feel sorry for myself. It's easy to be selfish. It's easy to let life happen. My ... Read More
Unknown 18.12 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #ReadyLens Edit A Christmas Reflection The sun arrived in the middle of Christmas morning, streaming through the windows in beams that cut across the ripped and crumpled wrapping ... Read More
Unknown 17.43 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #ReadyLens Edit Bottling the Day at Rock Mill Brewery As I drove the hilly curves outside Lancaster, I could feel her anticipation rising. I was visiting Jess for the weekend after a long work w... Read More
Unknown 18.22 Add Comment #EagerSoul Edit The Lesson of the Walnuts I chose my steps carefully around the furrowed trunk of the black walnut. Ripening husks littered the floor of the Illinois Arboretum nut gr... Read More
Unknown 04.30 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #ReadyLens Edit Waking to the Lunar Eclipse My alarm went off at 5:30 this morning, an abrupt reminder of last night's eagerness to write before the day began. My sluggish hand slo... Read More
Unknown 21.45 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #ReadyLens Edit Sharing of the Little Moments We've had a string of nice sunrises and sunsets lately, but none of the drop everything and grab the camera variety. I sat drinking coff... Read More
Unknown 17.44 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #ReadyLens Edit Back in the Now Over the last few weeks, I've watched the sun dip below the roof line of my apartment complex, the light through my balcony doors bringi... Read More
Unknown 09.38 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #GardenAnywhere Edit I Can Garden Anywhere With a few quick snips, I cut the tops off a few of the remaining healthy coleus plants in my balcony garden. My overwintered coleus won... Read More
Unknown 16.21 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #GardenAnywhere, #ReadyLens Edit The Arrival of Ani Almost a year ago, I wrote the following words about a lily named 'Anastasia': "I could have lain below these blooms for hours... Read More
Unknown 21.12 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #ReadyLens Edit On the Cusp of New Life New life. Renewal. Liberation. Spend some time in the springtime woods and you'll understand why our religions tell stories of resurrect... Read More
Unknown 18.21 Add Comment #EagerSoul, #GardenAnywhere, #ReadyLens Edit Embracing a New Season in the Garden I woke up last week with the realization that I had less than three months until hundreds of visitors will stream through my garden. Since t... Read More