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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 16, 2013 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Parenting, Motivation
Boston gave me a taste of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) yesterday. I was in my ninth hour of gardening when my mother called and told me to turn on the TV. (She knows me. I never watch TV.) The ear-splitting blast (this time bombs, not planes going into...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 4, 2013 | Life Lessons, Motivation
To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn’t wish my teens and 20s on my enemies. ~ Lionel Blue Today is my birthday. I’m 49. My cousin sent me an email saying, “Happy birthday. You are 39 again.” No...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 21, 2013 | Fitness, Mindfulness, Motivation
I’ve been making a very big deal about completing an 8K race in early March. Reaching that little goal (roughly a 5 mile run) was exhilarating, at least for me. But get a load of this story… I recently learned about an endurance runner named Diane Van Deren....
