A Wild Honey Creation: Front Porch Arrangement - draceana, peach geranium, coleus, calibrachoa, sweet potato vines, lotus vine, licorice plant Happy Summer from the beautiful Pacific Northwest! Amidst the mayhem in the world at large, I am enjoying the immense delights and pure magic of this season. Below is a list of highlights. I am going to take a blogging break during the month of August as I'll be traveling (to a truly magical place) and look foward to sharing details a

Wild Honey at the Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Belize, January 2026 Happy Summer Solstice, Pride Month, Juneteenth, Father's Day and National Pollinator Month! What a month of celebrations! My husband and I celebrated our 40th Wedding Anniversary on June 14, and our son turns 33 on the 22nd. Also, congrats to all of the graduates out there! My neighbor who has been married for 56 years said that when she's asked the secret to her long marriage that she jokingly replies, "no s

The author with her book in Barcelona on Sant Jordi Day, April 23, a huge celebration of love and literature when books and roses are exchanged When I decided that my trip to Europe would be a "book tour" celebrating the 2nd birthday of "In the Grip of Grace" my first full length poetry collection, I had no idea I'd just happen to be in Barcelona on Sant Jordi (Saint George's) Day during their famous celebration of literature and books! I'd never heard of it and I've never se

Wild Honey with Spirit the Black Leopard at the Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa, 2014. Happy Spring to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere! I am celebrating this beautiful season and the publication of a new poem in Tiny Seed Journal. "Unplanned Paths" tells the story of my unlikely meeting with Spirit the black leopard at the Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa in 2014 and explores the mysterious phenomenon of manifesting the things we focus on and the powe