Summertime, and the livin' is easy… 

One benefit of moving into a new home is waking up one morning to new little surprises in the garden like these lovely little flowers. I moved into a new home at the beginning of the summer and quickly planted many flowers, herbs and vegetables in the sad, overgrown flower beds. I had no idea…

“Our being is continually undergoing and entering upon changes… we must, strictly speaking, at every moment give each other up and let each other go and not hold each other back.” -Rainer Maria Rilke

One of my favorite children’s books is “Scarecrow” by Cynthia Rylant which speaks of the peace of the scarecrow’s life in poetic prose. The story is an allegory for the impermanence of human existence. Every time I read it to my children, I am struck by these lines: “He knows he isn’t real. A scarecrow…

Does it get any cuter than this little hand-painted sign and heart cut-outs? The proprietor was equally as cute. 

Laughing at the Word Two Only That Illumined One Who keeps Seducing the formless into form Had the charm to win my Heart. Only a Perfect One Who is always Laughing at the word Two Can make you know Of Love. This poem is by Hafiz as translated by Daniel Ladinksy in The Gift