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Saturday, August 6, 2016

“Outside, there was that predawn kind of clarity, where the momentum of living has not quite captured the day. The air was not filled with conversation or thought bubbles or […]

Friday, August 5, 2016

“Take time to see the quiet miracles that seek no attention” ~ John O’Donohue Good morning. Let’s look for quiet miracles today. I’m starting off in awe of a stellar […]

Thursday, August 4, 2016

“Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.” -Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)“ Did you ever wonder what peppermint flowers might look like? I did so I let my […]

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

“In my garden I spend my days; in my library I spend my nights. My interests are divided between my geraniums and my books. With the flower I am in […]

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.” ~ Destin Sparks Perhaps this is why many writers are also photographers. Two mediums, the goal the same: to tell […]

Monday, August 1, 2016

Our gardening forebears meant watermelon to be the juicy, barefoot taste of a hot summer’s end, just as a pumpkin is the trademark fruit of late October. Most of us […]

Blog Anniversary: A look back, a look ahead, and a giveaway!

On August 3, 2008 I published my first post on a blog I called My Own Velvet Room. Blogging was a relatively new thing and many blogs had all manner of […]

Green Beans

For a most of my life I didn’t like green beans. Or so I thought. My frame of reference for what green beans tasted like came from the mushy tasteless things […]

A Summer of Reunion and Returning

This summer is unexpectedly turning into one of reconnecting with people who inhabit special places in my heart. It was a joy to get together with a dear friend I haven’t seen […]

A Son’s Letter To His Mother

The other day I spent some time poking around in an old suitcase containing ephemera I gathered from my grandma’s attic many years ago. The suitcase contains photographs and letters […]