by sabrinaj0y | Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
In August of 2004 I took a writing course called Writing Shelburne Farms. It was taught by Elizabeth Getchell, a professor at the University of Vermont, and Gale Lawrence, a writer. For as long as I can remember I have been keeping a journal and, for most of my adult...
by sabrinaj0y | Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
I believe in magic…in miracles. Yes, I do. When I hold a hand full of seeds I am in the presence of magic…I can feel it flowing from the seeds, in to my hand, up my arm, throughout my entire body. Magic lives within each one of those tiny seeds. Think...
by sabrinaj0y | Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
There is a book called Do What you Love and the Money Will Follow…never read it…don’t know what it says. I remember, though, a number of years ago being a guest speaker at a Growing Places class and Mary Peabody asked, at the end of my talk, what...
by sabrinaj0y | Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here, along the shores of Lake Champlain, the sun doesn’t shine much in January. January…deep in to winter…dark days, dark nights, bitter cold winds…some years the snow seems endless…this year I am left wondering where is the...
by sabrinaj0y | Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
It was late winter 1998 and my husband, Andy and I were eating supper by the glow of grow lights. I had been running a gardening program at Orchard School in South Burlington for 5 years at that point and seedlings seemed to be taking over what was the dining...
by sabrinaj0y | Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
In The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, she dedicates the month of May to play, to really looking at what she does that is purely for fun. Reading it got me thinking about what I consider fun, how often do I actively engage in those activities and when do I...