Chagrined, I am

POST 13/2026 GOSHEN INDIANA . . . Our potted plants wilted, seemingly dead. Will they come back? My fault. I overdid it with too much of a good thing. One morning the geraniums and gerbera daisies simply hung their heads, withered. The hanging fern turned some fronds brown. I hung my head, flabbergasted. Our summer …

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No mow May

Post 18/2024 Carbis Bay Cornwall UK. Greening. Blossoming. Sprouting. The natural world is bursting its bounds in spring. The scent of new-mown grass meets us on our walks. Some advocates, though, suggest that in May one should pause mowing. Give bees and butterflies and others a change to flourish. Give place to pollinators and nesting …

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Journeys to Easter

Post 13/2024 Cornwall UK. Christian churches this week observed Holy Week and on Sunday celebrate Jesus' resurrection. On Maundy Thursday we attended an ecumenical worship service at Fore Street Methodist Church in St Ives, the service presented by students and staff from Cliff College in Derbyshire. The students that day had just completed a 48-mile …

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