My Way of Living [10/24/16] 

  • Gather the chestnuts while you can

    It is a astonishingly beautiful, and warm day, even for the West Coast. Sunny and almost balmy, a coat is not needed, but I wear one anyways, there is always a leaf or something to pick up and carry home.Setting out, I forget to take the camera, but I don't go back. I have been taking it almost everywhere with me, not wanting to m…

  • What to do if you break a blogging rule

    It’s probably going to happen in every bloggers life.A time when you commit a blogging mistake, maybe break a unspoken rule.A blogging no-no, you might have realized it, or maybe you didn’t.Let’s just start by saying that maybe you didn’t post for a while.Or you posted so sporadically that everyone forgot you were actually a blogg…

  • Is a garden like a marriage?

    Is having a garden like being married? Spring is the courtship, gazing adoringly at each sprouting branch, each mound of frozen soil disturbed by fresh green stalks. Documenting time spent together, with photography, and words. Introducing friends, with a small blush of the cheek to special plants? Hoping that they can see the hid…

  • “The beautiful flowers danced all night, into the dawn of the Autumn. And when the morning sun hit their bruised petals, now elegantly frosted by the morning dew, they glittered like they were encrusted with diamonds.” Sometimes a phrase just sticks in your head, and you have to find the right images to go along with it.I’ve found…

  • Blogging with ebb and flow

    Ebb and flow: Idioms, and phrases A decline and increaseconstant fluctuations.You know when it seemsthat everything sparks anew blog post, and youhave papers littered allover the place, notes toyourself, thoughts, ideas.Each one feeding into theother, pushing that creativityso far that you seem to hum.You’re being woken up at 3:00…