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 6, 2013 | Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness
I’ve ruined my 14-year-old son’s life. For over a year, Jacob’s been asking when we would get rid of our more than gently used Toyota minivan. The van had carted us through a dozen European countries and at least as many states here in the U.S.,...
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 | May 2, 2013 | Fitness, Mindful Gardening, Motivation
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever. ~ Alfred Tennyson Friends matter. I’ve buried a lot of them in my garden. Put another way, my garden is filled with my friends. Diane’s Black Eyed Susans...
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...
