Monthly Archives: June 2015

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

Posted on June 28, 2015 by redcontroversy

My garden definitely engages my senses and I have often thought when and how we garden gives expression to how we think we fit in the world. Everything I look at is so alive in so many different ways…it’s amazing … Continue reading →

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CURDLED LOVE

Posted on June 22, 2015 by redcontroversy

I listened to the footsteps that echoed behind. Don’t look back we haunt ourselves. Unbidden ghosts which raid our dreams. Heavy silence and shapes of memory. In between we must forget. Those vanished hands and curdled love. copyright Es-tee Miller … Continue reading →

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YOU CAN’T SELL YOUR DREAMS

Posted on June 20, 2015 by redcontroversy

In ancient times the Greeks and the Romans believed in the importance of dreams to give information about past, present and future events. A dream is something you’ll remember when you first wake up. It fades over a few hours … Continue reading →

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THERE’S A BEE IN MY BASIL

Posted on June 20, 2015 by redcontroversy

When planning my garden I have always kept the key elements needed to provide to wildlife… food, water, cover and a place to raise their young. Birdbaths, flowering plants,bee and bird houses have given me considerable joy in my wildlife-friendly … Continue reading →

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WOUNDED SOLDIERS

Posted on June 14, 2015 by redcontroversy

You held my hand and clung to me. This family wreckage of dull comfort. Broken apart with unspoken pain. Limping together like wounded soldiers. I was lost but now I’m found. The years have piled days have let go. ….Moments … Continue reading →

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BE AS I AM….

Posted on June 1, 2015 by redcontroversy

“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am – a reluctant enthusiast….a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough … Continue reading →

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