Morning Report: Winter Season Renewal
The Winter Solstice, celebrated yesterday, December 21, 2016, brings us into a season of less-is-more. How might each of us practice what were winter realities not so long-ago… fasting, trimming […]
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Daughters of the American Revolution Award
Who knew? Our local, “Brigadier General James Brickett-Old Newbury Chapter” Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) resonate with and heartily support our effort to build sanctuary and support for all
Caretaker's Cottage to host monthly Caregiver Group, Starting Jan 12, 2017
Since 2010, it has been my survivor’s mission and vision-in-action to support weary dementia caregivers in ways my own dementia-care journey lacked. We built wheelchair-accessible gardens – The MargFMac Front
Morning Report: Frozen Verbena
Looks like this week may be the end of delicate flowers such as this verbena. This plant did very well with southern light all season. We planted the same plant
Morning Report: Deck the Halls w/Boughs of Holly
I awoke from bed this morning to see our first snow cover and a red cardinal resting in the honeysuckle we left nearby the backyard feeder. Walking the 0.1 mile
Morning Report: Mums Hardy 'til December
Evergreen ground covers, a red twig dogwood, mums and snapdragons are creating still a beautiful garden show in the wheelchair-accessible front loop (0.1 mile). Moving forward with a listening heart,
Morning Report: Mums Continue with Ice Cover on Pond
I noticed this morning a first ice-cover on the back pond. When Miss Honey and I walked from the back to the front gardens, I was surprised to see our
Founders of Topsfield's Rest.Stop.Ranch to Discuss Memory Café at Topsfield Congregational Church on November 20, 2016
In recognition of November being National Family Caregiver Month, Mary E. MacDonald and her spouse, Karl R. Ackerman, will speak at the Topsfield Congregational Church Emerson Center on Sunday, November