by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 15, 2013 | Mindful Gardening
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” ~ Henri Matisse I just learned about this cool gig that garden bloggers have going. The 15th of every month is designated as Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day, with bloggers posting about...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 11, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
As my Facebook friends know, it’s been a wild week. Wild highs, wild lows, the best and worst of wild. It really started a few weeks ago, when the wrens started nesting in the birdhouse right outside my kitchen window. That would be the same birdhouse I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 2, 2013 | Fitness, Mindfulness, Motivation
“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” ~ John Wooden It was the night before my first triathlon. Though I was still riding an emotional high after completing my first mud run earlier that day, I realized I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 20, 2013 | Fitness, Meditation, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
“A ship in the harbor is safe. But that’s not what ships are built for.” ~ Anonymous I am a newly minted triathlete. That’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it. It was touch and go there for a while. Way back in January, I had written...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 12, 2013 | Fitness, Motivation
Life is made up of marble and mud.~ Nathaniel Hawthorne When was the last time you got dirty? Not just a little dirty (not even gardening dirty). I’m talking top of your head to the bottom of your shoes with not one clean inch in between dirty. Maybe...