Blooming Blog

Moss and me
Today I found myself talking to the kokedama I was making. Last year I had no idea what these were, but I challenged myself to make living ornaments for Revelry...
Moss and me
Today I found myself talking to the kokedama I was making. Last year I had no idea what these were, but I challenged myself to make living ornaments for Revelry...

Feed your fire
The harvest moon has come and gone and the marketing gurus are urging small business folks like me to gird our loins for the holidays. I embrace the familial gatherings...
Feed your fire
The harvest moon has come and gone and the marketing gurus are urging small business folks like me to gird our loins for the holidays. I embrace the familial gatherings...

To Be
Recently and out of the blue I was asked an infamous age-old question-the kind you usually don’t get asked in middle age. For once I did not struggle to answer....
To Be
Recently and out of the blue I was asked an infamous age-old question-the kind you usually don’t get asked in middle age. For once I did not struggle to answer....

Persist
I am fond of word puzzles. What intrigues and delights me is how, for example, seven random letters can form a myriad of words. In some games, to get to a certain...
Persist
I am fond of word puzzles. What intrigues and delights me is how, for example, seven random letters can form a myriad of words. In some games, to get to a certain...

Free floating
In my part of the world rain has washed away haze and heat, and the weather has begun to feel like autumn. It makes me pause and sniff the air-so...
Free floating
In my part of the world rain has washed away haze and heat, and the weather has begun to feel like autumn. It makes me pause and sniff the air-so...

August doldrums
It is mid-August and the doldrums have set in. I first heard this term in high school when the topic was the “discovery” of America. In nautical terms this refers...
August doldrums
It is mid-August and the doldrums have set in. I first heard this term in high school when the topic was the “discovery” of America. In nautical terms this refers...