Theme
Nature —
Meadows, mountains, weather and the small ceremonies of paying attention.
Analysis
Nature
On the Melancholy of Late Summer Gardens
When the sunflowers bow their heads and something quietly turns inside.
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Nature
Peonies, and the Practice of Attention
A short meditation on the flower that only opens if you sit still.
Nature
Magnolia: The Flower Older Than Bees
Magnolias bloomed some ninety million years ago, before bees existed — so their thick, waxy petals were built for beetles to crawl over. An ancient flower still opening on bare branches each spring.
Recommended books
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The Five Love Languages
Gary Chapman
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
Gallery
“Tend the small path daily and one day you will find you have made a garden.”
— A note from the notebook