April 2025 March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers. The ancient Romans tied the month to the goddess Venus because of its beautiful and life-affirming effects, and for thousands of years the month was seen as the true beginning of the year. The month of April gets its name from the Latin word … [Read more…]
March 2025 …With longer days and shorter nights, the wayward winds of March take flight. Four winds she holds within her grip, then hurls them from her fingertip… – Patricia L. Cisco MARCH IS THE TUMULTUOUS MONTH that represents progression from winter to spring. The battle heats up enough from the more direct light to … [Read more…]
February 2025 February is a month of cozy moments and peaceful thoughts. The month with reds and pinks taking center stage. Tons of red roses and foil wrapped red heart candy boxes & whimsical cupids hiding in corners. An abundance of love songs fill the air – like the one stuck in my head, “Love … [Read more…]
January 2025 Off we go, into a New Year: Cheers! It’s a fresh start, the hope of a brighter future, letting go of last year’s challenges and embracing the clean slate before us. Take the lessons we’ve learned, set goals with a purpose, and move forward with hope and determination. January reminds us that it … [Read more…]
December 2024 We now enter the 4th and final “BER” of the year. The “BER” months are packed with holidays and festivals, each more joyous than the last. September is the quietest of the bunch, but it’s just the calm before the storm. For me, I call from “Halloween to Epiphany” the Marathon. October brought … [Read more…]
November 2024 November often blows in like a hurricane. Other times it lingers like the warmth of a sunny day. It’s a month that we reflect on our gratitude, family holidays, Homecoming football, as well the flip side that many days of November are bleary. November is derived from the Latin novem, meaning nine. November … [Read more…]
October 2024 October, it’s the season of colorful foliage, pumpkin spice lattes, cooler weather, football and the anticipation of Halloween. We get a front row seat to fall’s kaleidoscope of reds, oranges and yellows. October is derived from “Octo,” the Latin word for eight. Libra and Scorpio rule. Opal and Tourmaline are the birthstones: opal … [Read more…]
September 2024 That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air…Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer. -Wallace Stegner Well, here we … [Read more…]
August 2024 The month that brings us the dog days of Summer: oh-joy!The month that has us beginning to wish for Fall weather.The month that gardeners get weepy eyed as their favorite plants turn brown and wither away, and, yes, already have their eyes on what Fall plants will be moving into those gardens and … [Read more…]
July 2024 Spring was wonderful as we had quite a lovely one. Now into the throws of Summer we go. July and August are challenging in regards to the weather, with high temps, high humidity and some of those nasty thunderstorms that can make your teeth rattle and the hair on your neck stand up. … [Read more…]