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Mindfulness Garden Games
by Joann Calabrese

author of Growing Mindful

Rhubarb, Duality, Complexity

Joann CalabreseMay 16, 2022 Gardens, Living Intentionally, Mindful Practices

Flowering Rhubarb

Happy Full Moon – May 16, 2022 This rhubarb post is part of my lunar blog series. Click here for more information on the full moon and new moon posts. A Little about Rhubarb Rhubarb is one of the earliest spring crops. It’s an easy to grow perennial and extremely hardy and cold tolerant, probably … Read more

Duality – Hummingbird Hawk Moths, Hornworms, and the Nature of Reality

Joann CalabreseMay 7, 2017 Living Intentionally

Duality is my intentional focus word this week. Duality is that concept that polar opposites are part of the same whole. But more than that, they are intimately related and give rise to the other. In the yin-yang symbol of Chinese philosophy, the white part of the symbol has a dot of black … Read more

The Resilient Thread
November 1, 2024
New Moon Greetings – November 1, 2024 The Resilient Thread Let me start with this reminder – you are stronger and more resilient than you know. Even though the world feels a little out of control right now, I am here to tell you that whatever happens next, we can …Read More »
Gather, Appreciate, & Release
October 2, 2024
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 …Read More »
In Praise of Burdock
September 2, 2024
New Moon Greetings – September 2, 2024 On Burdock Perhaps your only exposure to burdock (Arctium lappa) is when the sticky burrs get stuck on your dogs coat or your clothes. This is the time of year that is likely to happen. It can be frustrating because the burrs are …Read More »
Chaos Gardening
August 4, 2024
New Moon Greetings – August 4, 2024 I’ve always joked that my style of gardening should be called chaos gardening. Springtime plans quickly turn unwieldy, leading to a backyard awash in shapes, colors, fruits, flowers, and vegetables in no discernable order. And that is how it has always been. So, …Read More »
Seasons of Hail
July 5, 2024
New Moon Greetings – July 5, 2024 Didn’t See it Coming When I began gardening in Colorado, hail was not on my planning list. I knew that gardening would be harder in Denver than in Pennsylvania where I’d grown up. Water falls from the sky routinely in Pennsylvania. Rainfall in …Read More »

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