Summertime
SUMMER SOLSTICE – IF WISHES WERE HORSES
by Angeliska on June 20, 2012
Another solstice snuck up behind me on soft little feet, all laughing and tinkling bells and teasing rain. For the last two days, storms have come and gone, and dropped nary a thimbleful on my garden. We had one of (…)
Summer Solstice – A Lush Green Wish
by Angeliska on June 21, 2011
I kneel in the night on a high hill in the back country, I bow my head, and make this fervent wish, with the memory of green tendrils wrapped around my heart, squeezing there, holding me fast against the earth. (…)
Summer Solstice – Poppytime
by Angeliska on June 21, 2010
I haven’t written about our garden in a little while, possibly because I’ve been too busy enjoying working in it, and getting my hands dirty to remember to photograph all the transformations. Poppytime has passed now, and it’s a pity! (…)
Strawberry Honey
by Angeliska on June 28, 2009
I remember a few years ago, in New Orleans, I bought a carton of strawberries at the Farmer’s Market. I had become somewhat ambivalent about them over the years, having eaten far too many over-inflated, pale and watery mutants with (…)
New Orleans in August
by Angeliska on August 30, 2007
The calendar tilted and swung and we found ourselves back in New Orleans in August, two years afterwards.. Rolling in on a golden afternoon, sun pulsing a steady white-hot drumbeat as we drove down familiar streets. Hello old neighborhood, devoid (…)
