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15 Life Lessons Gleaned From a Forsythia Bud

by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 6, 2014 | Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation

First, I wanted to apologize to my email subscribers for my last post’s (A Few of My Favorite Things) crazy formatting. The piece was fine on the website, but I didn’t size the photos correctly for the emailed version, which mucked the whole thing up....

A Few of My Favorite Things

by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 12, 2014 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation

Hi folks! How do you like my new blog design? Since this year is focused on Whispers From My Garden, I asked the lovely and talented Tara DuBois of Unbound Website Creations to design a new header with some of my garden photography. As I wrote back in January, my 2014...

Why the GE Mom Commercial Hurts Women

by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 23, 2014 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation

Does anybody else out there (male or female) have an inferiority complex when they watch the GE commercial that’s been running during the U.S. coverage of the Olympics? It’s the one with the little girl narrating while magical graphics play in the...

Why I Skipped Town for a Solo Retreat (and Why You Should Too)

by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 5, 2014 | Life Lessons, Motivation

    Spirit and I got out of Dodge last night. After thinking about it for years, I finally said, “This is the time.” It wasn’t an angry, “I’m leaving!” kind of decision. Or, “You people don’t appreciate...

On Aging Dogs, Acceptance, and Making Time for Gratitude

by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 21, 2014 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts

Today Spirit stumbled coming up the three steps from the back patio. His hindquarters just collapsed. I helped him up and he was wagging his tail as soon as he made it into the house, thanking me and trying to reassure me that he was OK. He will be 13 this summer. I...
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