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September at Maplehurst is all about the light. And the dahlias. Oh, and the last of the local peaches. It is one of my favorite months. This month gave me both of my daughters. 21 and 12. This is a month to celebrate.
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#fromdaffodilstodahlias

Sep 6

September at Maplehurst is all about the light. And the dahlias. Oh, and the last of the local peaches. It is one of my favorite months. This month gave me both of my daughters. 21 and 12. This is a month to celebrate.
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#fromdaffodilstodahlias

💚💐Surprise! 💐💜 I created a flower garden planner and journal to help us grow—not only more flowers—but more beauty and joy. It’s a planner, it’s a journal, it’s a spark for your creativity. I’ve never found a garden journal that also works for non-planning artist types like me—so I made one!
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My saved stories for an inside glimpse. Coming this October, it’s available for pre-order now!
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#wearegardenmakers #myflowergardenlife #ahomeinbloom #seedtimeandharvest

Jul 19

💚💐Surprise! 💐💜 I created a flower garden planner and journal to help us grow—not only more flowers—but more beauty and joy. It’s a planner, it’s a journal, it’s a spark for your creativity. I’ve never found a garden journal that also works for non-planning artist types like me—so I made one!
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My saved stories for an inside glimpse. Coming this October, it’s available for pre-order now!
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#wearegardenmakers #myflowergardenlife #ahomeinbloom #seedtimeandharvest

England in June is extra special primarily because of the roses. They were everywhere we went and seemed to grow effortlessly. A heaven on earth.
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I feel so grateful that I’ll be back in the Cotswolds next June retreating with 12 of you. I know it can be hard to take that leap of faith, to step into “yes,” and to do something for ourselves. But if this retreat idea is tugging at your soul, I hope you’ll follow the link in my profile to join our email list. Very soon we’ll be sharing all the details for next summer’s retreat with those who’ve signed up to that list. 💐
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#retreatintorestinthecotswolds

Jul 13

The riskiest thing about our retreat in the Cotswolds was how few plans we made for filling the time. We organized a few (beautiful, inspiring) outings. We planned the food and prioritized time around the table. But otherwise, all we did was invite a group of women to step out of their everyday lives and slow down enough to hear the deepest things and so to be renewed. Which looks as ordinary as napping. Walking. Reading. Sitting. Being. 💗
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@kimberlyacoyle offered a prayerful meditation each morning @suddenjourneys poured herself into food prep, creating meals that were art and I read poems and talked about William Morris just as often as someone was there to listen ☺️
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Have you ever experienced this kind of transformative rest?
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#retreatintorestinthecotswolds

Jul 3

The riskiest thing about our retreat in the Cotswolds was how few plans we made for filling the time. We organized a few (beautiful, inspiring) outings. We planned the food and prioritized time around the table. But otherwise, all we did was invite a group of women to step out of their everyday lives and slow down enough to hear the deepest things and so to be renewed. Which looks as ordinary as napping. Walking. Reading. Sitting. Being. 💗
.
@kimberlyacoyle offered a prayerful meditation each morning @suddenjourneys poured herself into food prep, creating meals that were art and I read poems and talked about William Morris just as often as someone was there to listen ☺️
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Have you ever experienced this kind of transformative rest?
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#retreatintorestinthecotswolds

What’s it like to retreat into rest in the beautiful English countryside? Here’s a glimpse of our time in the Cotswolds. @kimberlyacoyle @suddenjourneys and I saw our dream come true: we wanted only to create the space for twelve women to encounter themselves again. To step away from our daily lives and known worlds through travel feels like a kind of emptying. But then we can be filled to overflowing by beauty, by quiet, by good food, and by deep conversation around tables. We’ll be sharing an invitation to next summer’s retreat very soon. 💐
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#retreatintorestinthecotswolds #weareplacemakers

Jul 1

What’s it like to retreat into rest in the beautiful English countryside? Here’s a glimpse of our time in the Cotswolds. @kimberlyacoyle @suddenjourneys and I saw our dream come true: we wanted only to create the space for twelve women to encounter themselves again. To step away from our daily lives and known worlds through travel feels like a kind of emptying. But then we can be filled to overflowing by beauty, by quiet, by good food, and by deep conversation around tables. We’ll be sharing an invitation to next summer’s retreat very soon. 💐
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#retreatintorestinthecotswolds #weareplacemakers

Why seek rest through the risky means of travel? That’s a question I thought a lot about even before my two day adventure returning from England. To seek rest by leaving home is necessarily to put yourself in a position where you will need to be cared for. At home, for the most part, we can care for ourselves through routines, and control, and by living within our boundaries and margins. But when we leave home, anything can happen. When we aren’t in control, when we are outside of our comfort zone, will our needs still be met? Will we be seen and known and cared for in that place?
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The answer is yes. But we can’t know that answer in advance or only in our heads. We have to live it. On the other side of our fears, on the other side of our anxieties, and in the places that are not home, we can know a kind of rest and a kind of peace that is only available when we are being held by something other than our own selves. Our worlds can fall apart, we can even fall apart, and still “all shall be well.”
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#retreatintorest #retreatintorestinthecotswolds

Jun 28

Why seek rest through the risky means of travel? That’s a question I thought a lot about even before my two day adventure returning from England. To seek rest by leaving home is necessarily to put yourself in a position where you will need to be cared for. At home, for the most part, we can care for ourselves through routines, and control, and by living within our boundaries and margins. But when we leave home, anything can happen. When we aren’t in control, when we are outside of our comfort zone, will our needs still be met? Will we be seen and known and cared for in that place?
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The answer is yes. But we can’t know that answer in advance or only in our heads. We have to live it. On the other side of our fears, on the other side of our anxieties, and in the places that are not home, we can know a kind of rest and a kind of peace that is only available when we are being held by something other than our own selves. Our worlds can fall apart, we can even fall apart, and still “all shall be well.”
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#retreatintorest #retreatintorestinthecotswolds

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