a fine mesh...

The key

to sprouting yummy seeds at home.

It's super easy...

They're like a garden in a jar,

in the middle of winter.

Watching them grow is fun for the

whole family!

good drainage doesn't have to be fancy...

after just a few days, voilà!

(this is the sandwich booster blend)

a short, helpful little tutorial

from Mumm's...

my seed source of choice.

Give it a try!

And if you are a sprouter,

do tell...

what are your fave(s)?

the S word

Most of us have seen it,

smelled it,

maybe tasted it,

played with it,

prayed for it,

even sat in it.

But did you ever make a corsage out of it to wear to your school prom?

The Inuit have dozens of names to capture the many nuances of...

Snow!

Call those soft, full flakes floating down

wings of white butterflies,
Call it piranha when it bites your cheeks,
…or kitten when it sleeps in the

crooks of window.
Call it forgiveness when it lies like balm over an area that's been clear cut,
Call it tickle when you stand, arms outstretched, and catch it on your tongue.
Call snow lace when it lines the

limbs of lilacs,
…or grandmother when it rests in the

porch swing.
Call it prayer in its stillness.
Call it mouse when it squeaks under your boot,
…or trickster if it appears on April 1st.

And,

In the evening when snow delivers you to the comfort of hearthfire,

call it friend.

(adapted from Judi K Beach's 'names for snow')

trinkyi         first snow of the year 

tlapat          still snow

don't just *do* something...

...sit there.

Do you have the patience to wait til your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving til right action arises by itself?
~ Lao-Tzu

The silence we value is not the mere outward silence of the lips. It is a deep quietness of heart and mind, a laying aside of the preoccupation with passing things -- yes, even with the workings of our own minds; a resolute fixing of the heart upon that which is
unchangeable and eternal.
- Caroline Stephen


Be in the truth of each moment - all that you are sensing in the body, thinking in the mind, feeling with the emotions. Don't suppress it and don't support it.
Be with what is.
- Paul Lowe


If you go into a forest with your mind only, you'll only notice the sounds and the mind will try to interpret them. You might think you're present; but you're not really, you're simply judging what you hear. But if you become aware of the silent dimension underneath the sounds and in between the sounds, then you become present because the moment you become aware of the silence,
you also have become silent.
~ Eckhart Tolle