Making Lemonade
March 2020 is evolving into a memorable time. I am healthy, but many others are not. As the coronavirus spreads across the planet, we have been asked to practice social distancing. I had never heard of such a phrase.
Magic Mushrooms
I have recently become obsessed with mushrooms and fungi. Hidden under foliage, or emerging from otherwise inaccessible places, to me they are beautiful symbols of rebirthing. Peeking out from foliage or growing bravely on dead wood, they show us what regeneration really means.
Layers
When I choose pieces I refinish, It is a '“Coup de Coeur”: recognition of a potential treasure. I often find my treasures in the garbage, rejected by people who have too much or don’t know what they have. In my basement, I have two beautiful antique chairs for the dining room, vestiges of a previous century - the 19th, not the 20th. They are stacked under a small child’s chair, and a child’s rocking chair missing parts of its canning seat.
Groundhog Day
It is groundhog day. Today, groundhogs all over North America are roused from their winter sleep to give humans a hint of what is to come: an early spring, or six more weeks of winter?
Incubation
Winter is a period of incubation. Creatures lower their body temperature, snuggle into their dens. For months, they let everything rest while they rest. Trees stop producing leaves, plants go dormant, the natural world retreats.
Insights into life creation
I know I say this all the time, but lately, I have begun to feel that I am turning a corner. I guess that’s what we do. We progress, arrive at a node, make a choice, and continue. It seems like the same issues recur, because they do. Just at another level in the spiral that is our evaluation.
September Sky
Sitting on the steps on my front porch, I was mesmerized by the path of the clouds through the evening sky. It’s September, so the sun is setting earlier now. Soon after dinner, the light changes from brilliant blue of early fall to lavender, then takes on long streaks of gold. I watched the clouds stretch out over the horizon, glowing yellow, then orange and light cadmium red through the trees across the street.