by Debra Darvick | Mar 27, 2013 | Maps, Musings, Read the Spirit, Seasons
There is a duality to Passover that I never realized until this year. In the weeks leading up to this holiday celebrating the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, we are clearing our cabinets, refrigerators and freezers of any form of bread, pasta, cereal as we make...
by Debra Darvick | Nov 5, 2012 | Seasons
Turning back the clock that one hour never ceases to thrill me. When else does it feel like we can cheat time? And although a recent article in the Wall Street Journal says DST has outlived its usefulness, turning the big hand back one number is a small but welcome...
by Debra Darvick | May 18, 2012 | Seasons
Last spring we had the best kind of landscaper working with us: he really knew plants and was committed to transplanting everything we were digging up: the hosta takeover that was uprooting a path by the toolshed, the shade-loving astilbe that were never happy in our...
by Debra Darvick | Apr 20, 2012 | Seasons
Well, the sky’s not blue but the pink dogwoods are in their glory and when I look out my bedroom window I see the azaleas peeking through the petals of the dogwood flowers. If I didn’t know better I could be in Atlanta this birthday! The final post of this...
by Debra Darvick | Apr 19, 2012 | Seasons
With my 56th approaching by week’s end, I thought to throw out a birthday challenge for the week. Can I create a post a day, limit 300 words or so, each one about Nature or our garden? Of all the topics I blog about, writing about Nature thrills me the most....
by Debra Darvick | Apr 17, 2012 | Seasons
With my 56th approaching by week’s end, I thought to throw out a birthday challenge for the week. Can I create a post a day, limit 300 words or so, each one about Nature or our garden? Of all the topics I blog about, writing about Nature thrills me the most....
