Gardens, Damage, and Keep Out Signs

I made a mistake. I didn’t harden the veggie starts enough before putting them in the garden, and then, we got frost.  I fear our asparagus, kale, cabbage, and broccoli may not make it. Lesson learned.  I have the tiniest green grief for these babies, but I will...

Dance, Let Go, Write

So the weaker I get, the stronger I become – St. Paul Vigilantes of Love were playing at Jubilee. I was 19, a freshman in college, and I was dancing.  Alone. Right in front of the stage. I still have no memory of making a choice to get up and dance, but dance I...

Coaching Writers and Seizing Joy

I’ve been sitting here for a half an hour, staring out the window at the weeping cheering on our drive and the holly across the way at the Lohr farm.  I’m just sitting and staring . . . and feeling very, very full and content and whole in a way I have not...