Food for the Body | Gardening

State of the Garden

ByElizabeth April 26, 2014

Gardening | Photos

Hellebore (Front Garden)
ByElizabeth February 23, 2011February 23, 2011

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Asana, Pranayama, and Yoga Practice | Community and Family | Gardening | Meditation

Winter Gardening Fun
ByElizabeth January 27, 2014

It was a day of meetings and conversations and emails. I’m in the middle of a major project, and it feels demanding. I’m being careful to take good care of myself.

On the walk home, just as the last glimmers of daylight were fading, I could feel the temperature dropping. Any last warmth was being blown away by the wind. I was bundled up and had my computer with me with the intention of working from home. The sky was like a black opal–dark blue-grays with fiery orange streaks. The walk (chanting the Maha mrityunjaya mantra for some of the way) shifted me out of work mode.

I came home to my newest gardening venture. The worms will arrive separately; they will be held for me at the post office to keep them out of the cold.

Experienced vermicomposters, please feel freee to post your favorite tips for happy, healthy, hungry worms.

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On the Way to Work
ByElizabeth October 20, 2016

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Food for the Body | Gardening

State of the Garden
ByElizabeth February 5, 2016February 5, 2016

This morning I went out into the back garden with my friend Tyrone, who helps me keep the rats and termites at bay. The pansies were too few even for a bud vase, and I didn’t expect to be out in the garden again to admire them before they withered, so I ate them. They remind me of wintergreen.

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Blossoms Around Town
ByElizabeth March 1, 2018

I highly recommend, amidst all that is going on, pausing to recognize at least a bit of beauty.

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Acting, Letting Go (and a possible reference for rose garden)
ByElizabeth September 17, 2009

A co-worker of mine said today that he hated that everything we do gets criticized by someone. During part of the conversation, he also mentioned that once something written was made public and then questioned, an alternative meaning to the one meant (the alternative then necessitating clarification) often happens.

Writing, art, and other expressions do seem to have a life of their own. We need to do our best to be clear and then just go with the flow as what we say gets interpreted and passed on. An example, for me, was that until the change in administration, no one thought to ask me whether the name “rose garden” yoga had anything to do with Washington, DC. After the shift in January, a few people noticed how DC it could be and asked if my intent was to refer to the White House Rose Garden.

It was not my original intent to have that be one of the many things that came to mind when I chose the name, but I it works well enough if people think of the Rose Garden as one of the many possible referrents.

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