Behind the Garden Walls
Jan. 18, 2009
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I have had a few tired days, but on the whole I have felt more energetic than I have in a long time. It's a funny thing....the heat of summer makes me want to hide, but the cold of winter cheers me. My blood quickens. It is a rare day when snow does not fall here, and every glimmer of the sun brings precious sparkles. I haven't known what to blog about. It seemed for a long time that I was in a holding pattern, that we weren't getting anywhere. I felt like I had two blog posts: "things are getting more normal" and "no sorry they aren't" And I haven't known when to blog. For this particular blog, I feel like I need a quiet space of time for thinking, and I just can't spit it all out in a few minutes. But suddenly, like a gift from God, I am teeming with ambitions. We are doing school again, and we are following the schedule. We are reading and learning and talking together. Missionaries to the Dani, a native American girl living alone on an island. We draw connections, we wonder. The kids are sitting down with their math books and working through them with relish, and I am enjoying the chance to help. I'm picking my herb studies back up and making plans to finish them. The seed catalogs have come, and I am looking for all of the disease and drought resistant varieties, especially those that thrive in poor soil. I am collecting compost, and hoping that our farmers can spare some manure from their fields and donate a little to us. I have a garden in my mind, and who knows if it will someday exist in reality. In the meantime, the six little plants of our house are growing, and the watching of it brings me much pleasure. |
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