Tag Archives: The Winter of Wisdom

Berry Wonderful

Posted on January 19, 2016 by The Seventh Season

It’s a sunny January afternoon here in Austin, a clear and cool fifty four degrees. My garden is still confused from the warmer days of seventy degrees last week. Roses, narcissus, mums and cyclamen are happily blooming even though most … Continue reading →

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The Trees of Winter

Posted on January 5, 2016 by The Seventh Season

The winter landscape might appear barren and void, without foliage and flowers to delight our hearts, but when I look at my silent trees standing tall, I am awed by their strength. When storms blow through, the majestic oaks bend … Continue reading →

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A Season Of Dreams

Posted on November 30, 2015 by The Seventh Season

My winter kitchen is filled with fruit trees. The falling temperatures beckon a seasonal folly involving my rolling their heavy containers across the patio, over the threshold and positioning them along the large western facing windows. All of this must … Continue reading →

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Oscar and Olivia

Posted on December 18, 2014 by The Seventh Season

Oscar and Olivia Oscar was a bachelor. He worked at night and he slept all day. He lived in one of the older neighborhoods of South Austin and he kept quiet and mostly to himself. He came and went late … Continue reading →

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In My Garden

Posted on November 8, 2014 by The Seventh Season

“In my garden, the rose opened, but I was too much in a hurry and passed it by. Love remembered me and said, I will make a rose bloom in your heart. Today, I will remember, my body is the … Continue reading →

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Science Cannot Solve The Ultimate Mystery

Posted on November 6, 2014 by The Seventh Season

“Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.”  Max Planck

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