by Laura Rink | Jun 24, 2024 | Daily Life, Nature, Writing
I’ve been mentioning flowers in almost every blog this year, not just in the Windows section but in the opening paragraphs. Bits of color holding my attention, lightening my mood, and lifting my energy. June is no different—purple and white lupine, wild daisies,...
by Laura Rink | May 29, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
April’s bounty, and showers, continue with this month’s collection of blossoms: pink columbine, purple rhododendron, red salvia, sweet woodruff, and the sweet perfume of lilacs and lilies of the valley . . . to name a few. This month also marks a year since I began...
by Laura Rink | Apr 24, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
April showers bring May flowers, so the saying goes. In other words, endure April for the reward of May. Yet April offers its own bounty: cherry blossoms, swaths of tulips, and the unfurling of maple leaves, to name a few. April also brings those showers, tree pollen,...
by Laura Rink | Feb 28, 2024 | Daily Life, Nature, Writing
If last month winter was on my mind (winter projects, wintering, snow), the month of February has me noticing the harbingers of spring (daffodil buds, the morning bird chorus, the emergence of Pacific banana slugs), even if the temperatures are still on the chilly...
by Laura Rink | Jan 24, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
January bears the burden of high expectations: A New Year! Resolutions! Winter projects! If last month I was tired, this month, the winter holidays behind me now, I felt ready to be productive—I will get so much done this month! And yet this month has flown by—is it...
by Laura Rink | Sep 28, 2023 | Daily Life, Nature
September brought two local end-of-summer camping trips and while my writing work continued albeit at a much slower pace and there was much to wonder, this blog is all about what was outside the windows of the trailer, plus a welcome-home view. Kayak Point: A new...
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