ramblings from an arkansas farm girl
Hi friends! I hope this Sunday Letter finds you happy and healthy and ready for a new week. June has been a blur, and can you believe, another month is nearly over? What a great month it has been for me. As in-person events have geared back up, I’ve finally been able to get out and share my books with anyone who will listen to me, at art/writer festivals and other book related events.
In between all the June book fun, I’ve been gardening. Continue Reading
Good morning Sunday Letter readers! I’m home after ten days away. It always takes me some time to get back in the swing of things after traveling. Like Dorothy Gale said, there’s no place like home. I’m lucky to have two homes that I love—two homes that love me back. I spent much of my time at the farm working on my next book (yay!), and I connected with lots of readers at the Delta Arts Festival (yay again!). I returned re-inspired and re-invigorated about my writing.
A change of perspective is a powerful thing, especially after going nowhere for so long.
According to the calendar, spring isn’t over yet, but summer showed up early here in northwest Arkansas. Boy-hidey, she packed a truckload of humidity. If the past few days provide any indication of our summer ahead, we best prepare for high air conditioning and water bills! On Thursday, the plants in my containers looked so thirsty, I watered them twice in one day.
The happy part of summer has arrived too—lightning bugs and lots of butterflies.Continue Reading
Dear Sunday Letter friends,
Even though last week was drizzly and gray, I managed to get a few hours of garden time in here and there. Our milkweed is really growing. This is a good thing since I found three monarch caterpillars already! Milkweed is the ONLY plant monarchs eat and the ONLY place they lay eggs. So—absolutely—milkweed is an essential plant for a butterfly garden.
Rain or shine, I go out and inspect our plants daily to see what’s happening. This is the best way I know to learn the needs of our trees and shrubs and blooming plants. Things can change overnight. We humans like to think we are in charge, but we are simply riding along with mother nature, doing what we can to nip problems and encourage the good.Continue Reading
