• Stress Bramble, Creating a Stress Bramble Launches a Better Path, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2023/02/06/stress-bramble/(opens in a new tab), #stressrelief, #leafyourtroubles #books #selfhelp #plants #nature #happiness #stress
    Plants & Happiness

    Creating a Stress Bramble Launches a Better Path

    Hiya, here’s the first post in another series of daily stress releaf ideas. It’s about my Stress Bramble exercise, which may help you if you’re feeling overwhelmed and worried about stuff. I find it useful to get whatever stress I’m feeling on paper. And find it even more helpful to…

  • Garden in Hawaii, palm trees, araucaria
    Inspiration

    A Garden Poem to Relax Your Spirit

    I love how reading a poem can almost instantly alleviate stress. So I thought I’d share this sweet bit of verse from W.S. Merwin. Not only does it capture the beauty of an everyday moment, it tells us a little story. We learn about the narrator’s history, age, and how…

  • Yvie the dog, A Pupdate on Yvie's Doggie DNA Results, Karen Hugg, https://karenhugg.com/2023/01/13/doggie dna results #dogs #DNA #puppy #doggieDNAresults #mixedbreeds
    Personal,  Pets

    A Pupdate on Yvie’s Doggie DNA Results

    In a previous post, you may have read about our new puppy Yvie. She’s an interesting little girl because she doesn’t really look like any dog we’re familiar with. When we first saw her, we thought she might be a Belgian Malinois. She has the typical sable coloring, short hair,…