The Good Earth: International Gardens
April 4, 2017
Orange-y dirt fluffed up for the garden year, path in the middle. Paydirt. The classic rich soil of the Rhineland. © Laurel Decher, 2017 A
Orange-y dirt fluffed up for the garden year, path in the middle. Paydirt. The classic rich soil of the Rhineland. © Laurel Decher, 2017 A
Sometimes learning something that you had given up on changes your whole view of the world. James Rhodes’ How to Play Piano teaches rank beginners
This year, my husband gave me a Page-a-Day calendar to learn Italian. Today’s page was a dialogue between two men at a bus stop, getting
This is the fourth post in a short series on preparing for (and thriving during) National Novel Writing Month. You can find the first post
In medieval castles, people traded living space for protection. What will you trade for the life you want? Eltz Castle, Germany. © Laurel Decher, 2016.
This is the second post in my Writing Gratitude Countdown. It’s my way of re-discovering the richness of the creative life. You can find the
On the weekend, I practiced a new skill and had a sudden aha! moment about learning to adapt to a new culture by finding the
In the small village of Swisstal-Dünstekoven, a one-time convent was built solely with materials scavenged from the Roman water line. Now it’s a farm with Scottish
I recently came across another inspiring example of using your inheritance to create something new. Alessandro inherited 500 olive trees with his grandfather’s Sicilian property.
We just watched DER BAUER UND SEIN PRINZ (The Farmer and his Prince) about Prince Charles’ organically run farm. I ordered the DVD from the
