Every time I hear bad news, I plant as a small reminder of faith in the future. As seasons and reasons change, I plant. As plans and people change, I plant. As some things never […]
Tag: garden
Enough
And so, week 3 of online college, work-at-home, and social distancing ends. Our home life is a bit of a ballet, each of us flowing from room to room throughout the day, giving each other […]
Peace in the garden
I am back in my garden most days now. It’s my shelter-in-place place during the coronavirus crisis, and a place of peace for me. It’s also where I’ve been rejuvenating my food-growing efforts since I […]
Growing stressed? Start growing food.
If you are feeling coronavirus (and other) stress, growing a little of your own food can help*, not just for the health-enhancing nutrients but also because planting a seed is the ultimate act of faith […]
Life-affirming
It’s so rejuvenating to be back in my garden more lately. I forgot how garden advocacy work is so life-affirming (even though it was death that got me started there), whereas bike advocacy work deals […]
Wonderroot
(Note: Pardon the formatting/paragraph breaks, etc. I’m having some technical difficulties and am trying to fix.) Five years ago, in the winter/spring of 2014 when I was still knee-deep in my Around Atlanta in 180 […]
It’s time
God has been holding a space for me in my garden, and I’m there more often lately, heart and all. It’s a peaceful, hopeful place, filled with life, whereas the bike world seems most days […]
Open gates
The gate is open and I wander in, in a way I no longer can at a garden elsewhere that used to be close to my heart that is now closed to those who don’t […]
