How are you doing during this crazy, generation defining time? As for me, I still work full time. My husband and I own a retail, brick and mortar travel agency. This has been my career for more than half of my life. We have built our company through so many challenges. We were here when […]
Lessons From The Garden
A Garden That Is Changing The World
Dallas Texas is a city normally associated with BIG. Big buildings, big hair, big personalities, big money. Everything is bigger in Dallas. There is, however, a small forgotten corner of Dallas southeast of downtown. It’s called “Bonton”. Associated with high crime, sickness, with only difficult access to healthy food, this neighborhood has been the very […]
What’s the big deal about local food?
Why should you even care where your food comes from? Who cares if it’s from down the street, or across the globe? Don’t we live in a modern age filled with conveniences? What difference does it make where the food I eat comes from? As it turns out, it makes a big difference. You don’t […]
Seven Reasons to Love Gardening
Gardens make you more mindful. When you’re outside pulling weeds you can only go so fast. You can’t text, or Facebook or send an email. You can listen to a podcast though, which is great. :-). Being outside tending to your garden on a regular basis also makes you more mindful of the seasons. Something […]
Life Lessons From The Garden – A Tale of Two Peach Trees
I’m convinced that there are so many life lessons to be learned by observing the garden. Last year, I planted two peach trees. They are two different varieties, but I couldn’t tell you right now what they are. I think I saved the tags from the trees. Anyway. They are about 10 feet apart from […]