Six on Saturday: Change
The ice has melted, finally, and we have enjoyed some much more comfortable days this week. It has been warmer and wetter; a gentle, steady rain penetrated the frozen ground even as blankets of soft mists and fog wrapped our garden in their protective embrace. We feel spring’s approach as Persephone makes her way back…
Six on Saturday: Grateful for Green
Last week, I learned from a friend who is an historian at Jamestown that the humble periwinkle vine, Vinca minor, is one of the markers that archeologists look for when searching for cemeteries. It is a particular marker for old cemeteries of unmarked graves, in our area, where African Americans were buried during Colonial times.…
Six on Saturday: Crystallized
It snowed again last night. It began in late afternoon and snowed off and on through the night, finishing as the sun rose this morning. It is clinging to the leaves of evergreens and still balancing elegantly on bare branches despite the gusty winds and bright sunshine this morning. It is one of those days…
Six on Saturday: A Hint of Spring
We have a whiff of spring in the midst of winter. It was wintry here well before the Winter Solstice this year, transitioning from autumn to frozen in late November. It has been much colder than usual for weeks, with days when we tried to not even open the door except to collect the mail.…
Silent Sunday: Rest
“The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.” May Sarton
Sunday Morning Sunrise: River Beach
“There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.” Terry Pratchett “Take only pictures, leave only footprints, and kill nothing but time.” Learn more about how the trees growing along this beach heal us,…
Silent Sunday: Summer’s End
“Our lives have ebbs and flows. Ends and beginnings are illusions. Starting over is nothing more than recognizing The Pause before picking up your thread and continuing to weave your own story.” Molly M. Cantrell-Kraig See more photos of this beautiful coastal wildflower
Silent Sunday: Morning Walk
“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; you have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.” Cindy Ross
Six on Saturday: Wild Things
The first major hurricane of the season, Erin, passed us by well offshore. I take that as a good omen for the rest of hurricane season, which lasts here through November. There are at least two more potential storms out in the Atlantic Ocean at the moment, and they are forecast to also stay offshore…
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