Articles by Megan Rathz

Autumn is dancing

By MEGAN RATHZ When Nature Speaks What is it about the season of fall that has so many of us captivated? There is something about this season that has always…


Bloom where you are planted

By MEGAN RATHZ When Nature Speaks We have arrived at the point in the year where our once beautiful blooms of spring and summer have faded and look like dried…


A world of Octobers

By MEGAN RATHZ When Nature Speaks As Anne Shirley states in the beloved Anne of Green Gables classic by Lucy Maud Montgomery, “I’m so glad I live in a world…


Planting promises

By MEGAN RATHZ When Nature Speaks The hustle and bustle of the fall is upon us all. The dog days of summer have come to pass; its leisurely days are…


Sunbeams of hope

By MEGAN RATHZ When Nature Speaks “Come with me into the field of sunflowers; they are far more wonderful than any words about them.” American poet, Mary Oliver, so eloquently…


It came from a farmer

By MEGAN RATHZ When Nature Speaks I recently got home from a grocery run, and as I was putting our produce away, my daughter Mary excitedly announced that there were…


The kindness of strangers . . .

By MEGAN RATHZ When Nature Speaks No flower ignites an excitement in me quite like my daylilies; they are the cherished gems in my garden, offering a fresh abundance of…


Mema’s peonies

By MEGAN RATHZ When Nature Speaks Has there ever been someone that you have never met, but they are spoken of so often you feel you know them? My mom’s…