Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Miss Communication
As I was walking to work this morning, I was listening to Crash Test Dummies CD called “God Shuffled his Feet.” I was struck by the lyrics in this song. I love this song so much. I will explain. First, share with me in the lyrics, and say “Huh, what?” After seven days He was [...]
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
A Quick Quote
We are a generation which is crying loudly to tear down all structure in order to find freedom, and discovering, when order is demolished, that instead of freedom we have death. -Madeleine L’Engle “A Circle of Quiet”
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
A Purpose for Pain
Welcome to another episode of “Inside Amanda’s Head” where only the courageous tread. (And those who fall inadvertently close to her are trapped here before bed more oft than not.) Jung once said “There is no coming to life without pain.” This falls in line with the statement I often ruminate upon, “I need pain [...]
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
My attempts at Lasagna outside
Anyone know how large 3 cubic yards of earth is? Well I looked at this little pile of soil and thought, Oh no problem. If you are ordering earth- do not be fooled! 3 yards of soil moved in wheelbarrow chunks is a lot of chunks. First we had to lay cardboard down to mulch [...]
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
In the Gardening Groove
It’s a Sunny Sunday! I’m just bursting to go out and “DO Stuff!” Yesterday, with the help of my lovely friend Theresa, we transplanted my tomatoes from seedling trays to pots and put them in the green house at Clam Bay. We also transplanted her pots which were exploding. Her bean plant spirals to the [...]