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Feast for the Animals

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Susan

Just a bit of moonlight peeked into our house early Christmas morning. Hubby John Carter made my morning with this bee-yoo-tee-ful glass ornament! Wowza! And slippers and a garden raven and lots of strong coffee and morning hugs. Lucky me! … Continue reading →

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Bless the Mothers

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Susan

Mothers have been on my mind lately. My friend just lost her mother last week to cancer. My own mother passed just a year ago now. Chipper, the mama squirrel who has been visiting me for peanuts for four years … Continue reading →

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BLOSSOM: LISTENING FOR THE VOICE OF WISDOM

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Susan

It is cloudy and cool, this pre-equinox day at MillHaven. When I walked out to the garden shed to check on Blossom O’Possum, the ground was still soft from the rains of the past few days. I did not expect … Continue reading →

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LATE SUMMER: THE BRAMBLES AND THE GOLD

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Susan

The morning is overcast, with occasional bright bursts of sunlight. Up in the bee garden, late summer is making herself known on the tips of shriveling leaves, cracking flower stalks, and drooping sunflower heads laden with blackening seeds. A few … Continue reading →

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ON BLOSSOM O’POSSUM, AND EXISTENTIAL DREAD

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Susan

Last evening I sat nestled in the grass in the peach hues of the late-summer gloaming. Clippers in hand, I sat sifting dried stalks of phacelia through my fingers, breaking their seed heads into a paper bag. Across the yard … Continue reading →

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CALLING ALL KINDRED SPIRITS!

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Susan

The morning of the “original” 9/11, I was scurrying about fixing a snack platter and drinks for the beginning of our very first Kindred Spirit Retreat in Jackson, Wyoming. At the time, I was a woman without a phone or … Continue reading →

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My Sun Hive Adventure

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Susan

Michael Joshin Thiele spoke as he always does—softly and deliberately: “How was this for you?” he asked in the most lilting German accent you will ever hear. We circled around him, about fourteen of us hailing from different states and … Continue reading →

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BEE-SOTTED SPRING

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Susan

My back lawn is very sad. Most of its lovely green face is beneath mud now, and in other places the grass is drowned beneath rain puddles. This has been a very wet season, a record-rain season I’m told. Carter … Continue reading →

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WHAT IF?

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Susan

Last fall, I did an unconventional thing—which is in itself nothing surprising—and brought a beehive inside. Sophia Hive was very small, and I believed I had nothing to lose bringing her in and placing her in a lovely, large acrylic … Continue reading →

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WHO DO YOU TRUST?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Susan

A few weeks back, I woke up in the dark, happy and grateful that I’ve managed to carve out two-plus hours of quiet self-time before the day lights up in earnest. I sat with my morning coffee, watching the first … Continue reading →

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