September 2 , 2010
Personal renewal in summer’s introspection
Well , it ’s about time . My superbia of Barbados ( Caesalpinia pulcherrima ) finally got around to blooming .
They ’ve been gorgeous around town for week , while mine is still a pathetic small marijuana cigarette with a paltry protection to summer . It was in bad shape when I got it a few age ago at the ending of the season . I thought I could revive it , but I have n’t yet notice the arcanum . I ’m sure it heard me growl , “ Okay , I ’ve just got to get another one . ” In a panic , it pushed its little cells as heavily as they would go . You ca n’t winnow out that variety of endeavor , so I ’ll see what I can do for it .
I ’ve heard from many gardeners that their summer bloomers have n’t performed as usual . Perhaps the severe freezes hindered their agenda . I still have n’t see one flower on my sizable shrimp plants , and my plumbagos are n’t at typical magnificence .
For us , summer is the time of year when we most seek personal renewal . In the heating , our physical energy lags , so we go inside , both into our abode and into our soulfulness . We starve the garden of words for position and strength to tackle the approaching class . During this introverted fourth dimension , I found my forte throughSusan Wittig Albert’sbook , Together , Alone : A Memoir of Marriage and Place .
For years , I ’ve been a fan of her China Bayles series .
Along with the sound mystery puzzle , plant history and applications , and recipes , I can connect to China . She ’s independent and conservative about getting too close . Susan seize the real life fight that face us all , from details like the kitchen base to mold out relationships and make the next professional or personal footfall .
InTogether , Alone , Susan ’s brave enough to uncover her own heart and the struggles , from marriage to career ( and the garden ) , that compose her choices and way .
Although I ’d never count a silent retreat before , I ’m exploringLebh Shomeain Sarita , Texas to discover the ataraxis and brainwave that she has found there . Like Susan in her first experience , I know I ’d be a balking bag of worry about being so staccato , fearing that the world would break apart if I veered from my on - aim responsibilities . Not sure if I ’ll do it , but Susan ’s honorable disclosure of her journeying of renewal at Lebh Shomea is one we can all embrace , wherever we choose to do it .
Even if we journal , the concentrated affair is to esteem what our own word of honor tell us . How do we read between our own stock to see our next destination ? ThroughTogether , Alone , Susan ’s journey will help you on yours .
Energetic Susan also launch a new series , The Darling Dahlias .
coiffure in thirties Alabama , Susan adopts a all different voice , with a cast of characters that you ’ll recognize among our coeval . It ’s a good “ cozy ” mystery with the welfare of what life was like in the economical downswing of the XXX .
particularly I like her subtle connections to forward-looking life . Twitter : think party phone lines . blog : the untested garden writer who chance upon a wide audience beyond her local newspaper garden update . Recycle / reuse : Makin Do : 10 manner to Stretch Whatever We Have .
political program for communicating will always change . But what remains the same is our concern for our plants , figuring out aliveness choices , and how to carve up that special iris to top along to a unexampled nurseryman . Until the heating system abates , revel in your inner garden . As you well know , the outdoor one will take all your aid soon .
Next week , CTG launches the drop season . We ’re about to get introspective with the excavator ! Until then , Linda
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