What's your favorite mandala ingredient? This time of year I'd have to say, hands down, it's Alstroemeria, aka Peruvian Lily. It's got 3 types of petals, and can also be…
First things first is good advice. I don't always take it. I have a bunch of business to attend to, including adding a mandala to the website so a friend…
Before the pandemic I dreamed of travel. I'd spend time going down internet rabbit holes featuring towns, local food, architecture, and crafts. I had a trip to Ireland all bought…
Ranunculus, iris petals, green liveforever Martha's Mandala Everything changes, right? Today is May 10, 2021, the 31st anniversary of my cerebral aneurysm. The day often passes without notice, but not…
Firsts are accumulating, everything from first time sitting inside a restaurant, to first walk on Bear Valley Trail, and in the garden — first delphiniums and alstroemerias. The walk was…
Bear Valley Trail is open, after being closed since the Woodward Fire last year. I'm going there later today. The dogwood out there made it through the fire, and is…
May day, may day may day, isn't that a call for help? Actually it's mayday, mayday, mayday, which said three times signals a life-threatening emergency. So we don't have a…
What do you consider spiritual? I used to be totally flummoxed trying to understand the characteristics of a spiritual person. It seemed magical, new-agey, and I just couldn't define it.…
I feel a bit in limbo — not depressed, not joyful, but somewhere in between. An sociologist, Corey Keyes, has studied this state, and calls it languishing. At first I thought "no, languishing…
Going to listen to my body this morning and do some much needed stretching. Ranunculus, primula, pansies, black mondo grass, Japanese maple twigs