Today I got up and read my scriptures for the first time in ages. I’ve been intending to for some time, but scripture reading has seemed empty lately. I used to love it so much! But since the faith-tastrophe, not…
On prayer
It’s been very helpful to me as others describe their experience with a mid-faith crisis, and though I don’t expect to ever reach a large audience — both because I’ve deliberately limited my online presence in the last few years…
I’m done peopling for today
Look, I am no respecter of persons. I don’t know why I’m this way. I just am. Consider yourself on notice: your title will not stop me from cracking down on you. Head of online learning for institute? Yep. I’ll…
August – September
Blogging about the garden has fallen by the wayside as tomato and bean production increased. Weeds and such went crazy because we took a last minute trip to Utah to visit my daughter, who wanted to visit my old alma…
A Bug’s Death
It is SO HOT. We are now at 28 consecutive days at over 90 degrees. This morning I went out to the garden, and in the way out I asked Google Home what the temperature was. “It’s currently 78 degrees…
Chugging along
There’s not a lot happening in the garden right now besides … disease. I’m getting squash and zucchini every day, and the blackberries are putting on, and my Stupice gives me at least one tomato every day. I have had…
Fourth of July Tomato!
It’s A Thing here in Virginia that those who can get a ripe tomato by the Fourth of July have really accomplished something. Well, here’s my accomplishment: It’s a ripe saladette, not a slicer, but I’m taking it. I’ve also…
Can you have too many tomato plants?
Really— can you? Nichole came through and gave me three beautiful Italian tomato plants yesterday, so I filled up the last three spots in my garden with them today. She gave me a San Marzano, which I grew last year…
Back home
My daughter decided to move to Utah to be closer to school and to try and get her driver’s license at the beginning of the month. She got everything lined up, we found an apartment to move her into, and…
Angry birds
I went out this morning to spray because I saw some bug damage yesterday during my daily walk-through of the garden, and a Very Angry Bird started chirping and dive bombing me. I ignored it, figuring it was just surprised…
First blossom! And the winner is…
I was surprised to see my first open blossom today on a tomato plant that I grew from seed! So exciting! My sister in Houston already has first-sized tomatoes, Daddy has tomatoes, even Del has a legitimate double tomato on…
Cucumbers planted!
Jared finally fixed the broken trellis, so I put in my little baby cucumber plants today. I had planted three indoors thinking that at least one of the seeds I put outside would sprout. Nope. It was probably the frost.…