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Mindfulness Garden Games
by Joann Calabrese

author of Growing Mindful

Letting Go

Joann CalabreseSeptember 21, 2025 Gardens, letting go, Mindful Practices

New Moon & Almost Equinox Greetings – September 21, 2025 Letting go is one of the dominant energies of autumn. And as we approach the autumn equinox (tomorrow) we can mindfully engage with the energy of releasing. Simply paying attention to the letting go happening in our gardens and the green world is a starting … Read more

How Will You Honor Autumn Equinox?

Joann CalabreseSeptember 21, 2021 Gardens, Living Intentionally, Mindful Practices, Mindfulness, seed saving

Autumn equinox happens on Wednesday (September 22) at 1:21 PM Mountain Time. (Find the time for your location here.) The Equinoxes – both spring and fall – are a time when day and night are of equal length. It is one of only two moments in the year when the sun is directly over the … Read more

Letting Go
September 21, 2025
New Moon & Almost Equinox Greetings – September 21, 2025 Letting go is one of the dominant energies of autumn. And as we approach the autumn equinox (tomorrow) we can mindfully engage with the energy of releasing. Simply paying attention to the letting go happening in our gardens and the …Read More »
Nurturing Vital Connections
August 23, 2025
Happy New Moon – August 23, 2025 Nurturing Vital Connections in the Garden & in Our Lives Every healthy garden is a community and it thrives on good connections. The plants, soil organisms, fungi, helpful insects, birds, wind and rain are all part of an inter-connected ecosystem. Gardeners know it …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 »

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