Happy Butterfly 

It is spring and our butterfly gardens are coming alive. My landscape includes host plants for dozens of local species (that is nerd...

Attention theology geeks, this is heady and controversial, but it is heavy on my heart. I do not aim to offend, just to be honest. I love...

My first 40 years on earth did not exemplify serenity. I intend to change that for the next 40. My personality is assertive. Many people...

If you want to attract the Gold Rim Swallowtail, you must plant pipevine.

Some people collect plates, shot glasses, baseball cards or tchotchkes. I collect butterflies. I prefer the living kind (no judgement...

I decided in my early twenties that I didn't want to work full-time for someone else until I was in my sixties. I wanted my time to be my...

This is a moth larva/caterpillar. We can tell by the plant it is eating. Every caterpillar becomes either a butterfly or a moth. It can...

We swim in a consumer culture like fish who don't know they are in water. The devious appeal of media and advertisements combined with...

You know butterflies drink from flowers. But, did you know they drink from lots of other stuff too? Some butterflies drink from rotting...

Every morning I read in my garden with a cup of coffee. It stabilizes me and helps me meditate on the good things in life and the good...