The ‘weeds’ in our lives…
When do we consider a plant a weed? Simply expressed, a weed is a plant that grows where it isn’t wanted by us. Weeds are defined by their tendency to flourish at the expense of a gardener’s overall vision and we tend to battle their presence in our yards. (Guess what I’ve been doing these […]
A story about being lost…
Once upon a time…a man was walking down a road. At first the places were known to him, but became less and less familiar. Finally he knew he was in a new place and was lost. The traveler kept walking until he was at the foot of a steep hill. He was too tired to […]
My new favorite color!
Almost nothing else represents the emergence of spring like the beloved yellow daffodil, happy and bright after its (and my) long winter’s nap. I think some things on this earth were designed to bring happiness to the hearts of humans: thus the daffodil! It’s as if the sun had shed a layer of skin and […]
It’s a miracle, isn’t it?
To our ancient ancestors, it must have been a most startling event to see a new and live creature emerge from a seemingly dead object! That delicate shell is a paradox: sturdy enough to shield the life growing inside it, but frail enough to give way to the emergence of the life within it, protective […]