A rose in snow
We are in the eleventh hour of the hustle and bustle this Christmas season. We find ourselves scrambling to get last-minute gifts, work and school parties, holiday menus finalized, and…
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O Christmas tree
This is a season when family traditions matter more than any other time of year. We are in the season of holiday baking, festive cocktail parties and gift exchanges. Christmas…
Cultivating gratitude
This is a time of year we hear the word gratitude quite a bit. It is a reflective time as we see this year end and we usher in the…
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…