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Mindfulness Garden Games
by Joann Calabrese

author of Growing Mindful

Gather, Appreciate, & Release

Joann CalabreseOctober 2, 2024 Gardens, Living Intentionally

Garden Veggie Pizza gather the harvest

New Moon Greetings – October 2, 2024 Gather, Appreciate, & Release Fall is a busy time for gardeners. Depending on the size of your garden it can be hard to keep up with the harvest. And we also have to be concerned about the first frost. In Denver our average first frost date is October … Read more

Great Expectations of Spring

Joann CalabreseMay 23, 2021 Gardens, Living Intentionally, Mindfulness

Great Expectations Spring is full of hope, imagination, and great expectations. Now that we are reasonably sure that Denver’s last frost has passed, everything is greening out. And gardens seem to be popping up everywhere when I walk through my neighborhood. Very cool! In my yard, the pear tree is adorned with … Read more

Red Poppies, Synchronicities, & Mindfulness
July 24, 2025
New Moon Greetings – July 24, 2025 Prolific Red Poppies While in Italy a few weeks ago visiting the birthplaces of my grandparents, I was amazed to find red poppies growing wild everywhere. I love poppies. And although the plants themselves are hearty and drought resistant, the flowers seem so …Read More »
Italian Ancestor Roots
June 25, 2025
New Moon Greetings – June 24, 2025 Flying across an ocean to explore my Italian ancestor roots was NOT a trip I ever thought I would take. I am not a fan of flying. But a few years ago, something shifted for me and I began discussing the idea with …Read More »
Spinning Fibers to Thread
May 26, 2025
New Moon Greetings – May 26, 2025 Discovery of Fiber Plants For the last few years I have been intrigued with spinning fibers into usable thread and imagining how our ancestors first pieced this skill together. This all began when I grew flax to process into linen. You can read …Read More »
Rooting Down – Rising Up
April 27, 2025
New Moon Greetings – April 27, 2025 Qigong energy in the spring is all about rising up and expanding. Traditional Chinese philosophy identifies five energetic phases in the world – water, wood, fire, metal, and earth. Wood is the phase that governs spring. We are not talking about a piece …Read More »
Climate Change Perspective
April 22, 2025
Happy Earth Day Week – April 2025 My grand-daughter Sonya created this post, focusing on climate change and the critical need to pay attention and take action. In the last 45 years, our earth has been warming by 0.36 degrees Fahrenheit per decade. Though this number may seem small, it …Read More »

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