In watching, helping, tasting, and encouraging, I have noticed some ways that bread gives insight into our prayer life.

This weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count This is an opportunity to spend some time outdoors either alone or with others, to slow...

Epiphany is a season of light, but sometimes, we can get overwhelmed by the darkness of the short days, or by the despair and...

This year, we planted sweet potatoes. In early June, we placed the five small slips in a raised bed. The small plants seemed dwarfed by...

As I consider my lifescape, I think I need a few more wildflowers.

My longing for the gifts others possessed mysteriously became a satisfaction for the gifts I’d been given.

An intentional rhythm based on my priorities rather than the demands of others can bring order into chaos.

There is a small statue of St Francis of Assisi in a quiet spot in our garden. It reminds me of the life and spirituality of this saint...

As I consider the amazing benefits of mulch for my landscape, I wonder what mulch I have for my life-scape.

School has started and the nights are starting to cool off ever so slightly. Fall is almost here. It is time once more to pull out the...

The garden expert said this was the perfect weekend for pruning. I laughed at this thought. There is no good weekend for pruning much...