The Reticent Gardener
JGWunderlich, PhoebyThe garden is both setting and teacher. These essays wander through herbs and houseplants, moments of wonder and failure, and the ways tending plants mirrors tending the self. Curious, imperfect, and always learning—just like the garden itself.
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I Am Loving Awareness
A note before you read:
This piece came from a journal entry I wrote one quiet November evening in 2022. Ironically, I found it when searching for inspiration during my current bout of writing…avoidance.
Even though we’re now in the b...
Sana Sana, Culito de Rana
“Ouch!” my daughter yells from behind a bush.
I tilt my head up, peering past the brim of my hat. The sun shines bright, birds chirp sweetly, and I have successfully lured her into pulling weeds with me.
“Everything okay?” I call.
“No!...
Field Notes from the Garden, No. 1
Location: Southeast United States
Date: April 2026
Weather: Cool mornings. Hot afternoons. Lengthening light.
Seasonal Notes
Early spring has begun its quiet negotiations. Daylight lingers, reluctant to say goodbye, as...
Standing in the Light
Hello again, dear Fear, my reliable old friend.
It is strange to write you a letter as though we are not already intimately entangled, as if we had not been since the beginning. But we know each other too well to keep up the farce.
You h...
10 Signs You May Be a Gardener
Photo by Thomas Verbruggen
For most of my life, I did not consider myself a gardener. Gardeners were “other people,” those with wide hats, perfect tomatoes, and a mysterious knack for soil. They had instincts I admired but did not seem to...
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I am a writer. I explore the small lessons tucked inside everyday life—through plants, words, and the slow art of paying attention.
Phoeby | Author of "Who Sets the Sea on Fire?" and "The Little Girl with Red Slippers". I write lyrical fiction—between shadows and light, where silence speaks and love leaves scars.
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