Apr 16, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 16 One of the reasons we love the spring is that it is the absolute embodiment of hope. In this season we trust that every seed we plant will sprout and thrive. We expect our gardens to be glorious and we look forward to surroundings that...
Apr 6, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – April 6 Today I was blessed to be able to sit on my deck with my laptop, and write this while listening to the birds singing their spring songs. The sound of the morning doves cooing takes me back to my childhood in Muncie, Indiana, and the...
Mar 30, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 30 Today was too stormy to work in the garden, but I could have used some meditative weeding, that’s for sure. Did you ever have a day that seems to have a theme to it? Say the morning starts with the carton of eggs falling out of the...
Mar 27, 2010 | Garden Prayer, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 27 I have to get this posted fairly quickly, because in thirty minutes it will be Earth Hour, and I will turn off my laptop and all of the lights in the house. My husband jokingly asked if we could use our computers on battery, and I...
Mar 14, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 14 In today’s New York Times Magazine there is an article by Peggy Orenstein about the number of women who are not only raising vegetables but keeping chickens as well. The title of this article is: The Femivore’s Dilemma. After reading...
Mar 13, 2010 | growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From PIA
Report From PIA – March 13 I was at the grocery store today, and when I handed my debit card to the cashier, she recognized my name. “Weren’t you just on the radio?” she asked, “I listen to your show all the time.” I answered yes, that the station was only about...