Garden - Kadine Christie - Author, Writer, Speaker, Creator

Nectar

Garden, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Stories, WomenMay 22, 202040Views 0Likes 1Comment

I was sitting outside when the hummingbird fluttered past the purple petunias Nancy gifted me. I shifted in my new blue chair to see the hummingbird better, but it flew away. It returned a few minutes later to drink nectar from the red kalanchoes, Joy dug up from her garden and gave me two years…

Rose Garden

Children, Family, Featured, Food, Garden, Hair, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Motherhood, Nature, Places, Simple Living, Small wonders, Spring, Stories, TravelMarch 20, 202032Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sometimes, little noses greet the roses,

Sav’s Birdhouse

Garden, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Simple Living, Small wonders, Stories, TravelMarch 12, 202045Views 0Likes 0Comments

I was visiting my sister in New Jersey when I noted two small birdhouses hanging in her backyard. She told me Sav made them for the kids, and I would get to meet him that afternoon. He came over to fix some stepping stones in the yard, my sister introduced us, and I commented on…

New Green

Garden, Life, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Places, Simple Living, Small wonders, TravelMarch 6, 202045Views 0Likes 0Comments

There is so much to fear, so much to mourn, and so many burdens to bear. Global warming, coronavirus, and political unrest are all great cause for lament.Turn off the lights, wash your hands, vote, and cry if you must- but then clean your face and lookup. The birds are busy working: making babies, singing songs, and telling their stories. The trees are…

Perfect Places

Education, Family, Garden, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Nature, Places, Simple Living, Small wonders, Stories, TravelMarch 6, 202052Views 0Likes 0Comments

There is no such thing as perfection, they say, but I wholly disagree - the places I've lived told me otherwise.On the island of my birth and where I spent my early years, I ate Jackfruit, June plums, and bananas ripened by the sun.In Newark, New Jersey, the birds told me it was spring, twenty-five cent…

Radically Simple

Black Mothers, Children, Family, friendship, Garden, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Simple Living, Small wonders, StoriesFebruary 28, 202041Views 0Likes 2Comments

This is the tulip Nancy gifted me.