This morning I cut off two fading amaryllis stems before they collapsed completely. And then I decided to photograph their faded beauty. So many beautiful sights I’ve seen this week have immersed me in contemplating the circle of life… Birth, Growth, Decline, Death I often feel as if our culture Read more…
Because it is January in Minnesota, I am spending less time outdoors with the wild things. And my soul is noticing it. I need… The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night Read more…
Today, the temperature outside is around 32 degrees, a very happy temperature for Minneapolis in January. As I gaze out my window at my bird feeders I notice that the birds visiting the feeders are no longer puffed up like chubby marshmallows. Instead their proportions have returned to their usual Read more…
I am moving slowly this weekend, feeling like I’m fighting off a slight cold, so I’m cuddling under a blanket in my favorite chair much of the time reading. The bitter cold has returned after a single day respite yesterday with temperatures in the twenties. I was looking forward to Read more…
According to our thermometer, the temperature outside is a bracing zero degrees fahrenheit right now. It was minus twenty degrees F during the night. Brrrr! In the Deep Freeze The good news is that there is not much wind right now so the “feels like” temperature is about the same Read more…