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The Little Inner Voice of Wisdom

On a mild March day earlier this week I spent some time in a tiny greenhouse at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. It was steamy and warm inside and I enjoyed seeing all of the succulents that grew there. I almost walked by this little gem of a greenhouse without going in. Not only have I seen it every time I visit the Arboretum, but I’ve walked by without entering or even being curious about going inside time and time again. On Wednesday morning I was looking for signs of spring to photograph. This greenhouse was not a place to see Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Something Larger

Yesterday as I came in the door from the garage I forgot for a moment that my dear cat Gracie was no longer with us. My heart lifted for a moment expecting her to greet me at the door. And then when I realized that no, she wasn’t there to greet me, I felt a wave of grief. Every day I feel as if I am learning something new about the topography of grief. But mostly I realize that grief is teaching me about Something Larger and more universal about life. I feel as if I am learning about love Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Mistakes Happen

This morning I picked up my camera to photograph a pair of mallard ducks in the pond behind our house. Unfortunately I had forgotten that the last time I used my camera I set the camera settings to allow longer exposures for intentional camera movement images. I made about a dozen photos but I was so busy watching and photographing the ducks that I didn’t look closely at the photos I had made. When I finally looked at them, every single photo was full of motion blur. I found myself saying, “Oh well… Mistakes Happen… unexpected things happen, let’s see Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

The In Between Spaces

The turning of the seasons each year brings me many opportunities to explore The In Between Spaces when the season is neither all one or all another thing. For me this is the season of possibility, liminality, standing on the threshold, neither in one place or another. Who knows what each day will bring? This morning I saw a glaze of ice covering most of the pond behind our house. Earlier this week I noticed that the ice of winter had finally melted — water to ice, ice to water, water to ice again. That is the way of this Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Is It Already Spring?

Yesterday I noticed that the ice in the pond behind our house had all melted. And it was also gone in the pond that is just down the hill across the street from us and in Parker’s Lake which is also nearby. I found myself asking Is It Already Spring? This is not such an unusual question when I remember last winter and the snow which persisted until mid-April. I saw photos on Instagram yesterday of early spring flowers at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, and on my walk, I saw signs of the early blooms of some of the trees Read more…

By Marilyn, ago