by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 23, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
The gravel cut into the palms of my hands and my knees as I crouched next to the garden shed. Cars sped down Virginia’s Route 29 just a few yards away — too fast, I hoped, to notice me on the ground in my bright pink sundress. The parking lot of the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 27, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
Today’s piece was originally published in the June 2013 edition of Soulwoman eMagazine, the theme of which was “Wisdom.” Hope you enjoy it! And make sure to hop on over to Soulwoman for a wealth of soul-filled writing and gorgeous visuals. (The...
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 | May 21, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. ~ Gertrude Jekyll “Timing is everything,” my garden whispered to me a few weeks ago. It was somewhere between late...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 11, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
My whole life has been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that lets you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first compost heap. ~ Bette Midler I hope the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 24, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Motivation
“I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.” ~ W.C. Fields A year ago, almost exactly to the day, a very large snake came calling in my garden. He (or she) had a message for me. If I wrote about the...
