Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 4 & 5, 2012
February 4, 2012 by Sarah
Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle … a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream.
— Barbara Winkler
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
February 3, 2012 by Sarah
WELCOME HOME, SISTERS! (As the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia arrive home for our 2012 Senate)
Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.
~From the television show The Wonder Years
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
February 2, 2012 by Sarah
In 1997, Pope John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on Feb. 2. This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; the day on which candles are blessed symbolizing Christ who is the light of the world. So too, those in consecrated life are called to reflect light of Jesus Christ to all peoples. The celebration of World Day for Consecrated Life is transferred to the following Sunday in order to highlight the gift of consecrated persons for the whole Church.
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
February 1, 2012 by Sarah
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
~Maori Proverb
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
January 31, 2012 by Sarah
Of winter’s lifeless world each tree
Now seems a perfect part;
Yet each one holds summer’s secret
Deep down within its heart.
~ Charles G. Stater
Monday, Jan. 30, 2012
January 30, 2012 by Sarah
There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues.
— Hal Borland
Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 28 & 29, 2012
January 28, 2012 by Sarah
Celebrate Kansas Day, commemorating the admission of the state as the 34th in the Union on Jan. 29, 1861.
Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
January 27, 2012 by Sarah
January is the quietest month in the garden. … But just because it looks quiet doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. The soil, open to the sky, absorbs the pure rainfall while microorganisms convert tilled-under fodder into usable nutrients for the next crop of plants. The feasting earthworms tunnel along, aerating the soil and preparing it to welcome the seeds and bare roots to come.
— Rosalie Muller Wright
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
January 26, 2012 by Sarah
To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.
— Jean-Paul Sartre
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
January 25, 2012 by Sarah
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
— Edith Sitwell
