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Opinion

Thanksgiving week and a life of gratitude

“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Wednesday, November 22, 2023 12:41 pm

Opinion

Beets make a wonderful dye

I want to describe myself like a painting that I looked at closely for a long time, like a saying that I finally understood, like ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Thursday, November 9, 2023 11:02 am

Opinion

October drifting by

“Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable…the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street…by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Thursday, October 26, 2023 11:30 am

Opinion

A few lessons on goats and toes

“As never before, our world needs warmth in its cold, metallic heart, warmth to go on and face what has been made of human life, ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Friday, October 13, 2023 11:25 am

Opinion

Fall evenings and the changing light

I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing — that the light is everything — that it is more than the sum of each ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Thursday, September 28, 2023 11:34 am

Opinion

Go with the flow

Zen pretty much comes down to three things — everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention. ~ Jane Hirshfield Nature and everyday life teach us ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Thursday, September 14, 2023 11:25 am

Opinion

Meet your neighbors along the sidewalk

A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Thursday, August 31, 2023 1:20 pm

Opinion

Porch visits and memories

A day so happy. Fog lifted early, I worked in the garden. Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers. There was no thing on earth I ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Thursday, August 17, 2023 10:25 am

Opinion

A salute to Bob McCall, Saluda librarian extraordinaire

Slowing down is not a function of speed. It is a function of awareness, and I don’t want to make awareness a mental construct. It’s ... Read more

by Bonnie Bardos, Friday, August 4, 2023 10:22 am

Opinion

Reflections on dog days and biscuits

I lift up my face to the summer sky The sound of larks And the feel of dirt To all that keeps making sense In ... Read more