• Personal growth,  Photo stories

    Keep calm, carry on

    “So what is required of us at this roiling time? The political turbulence we’re experiencing isn’t going to go away, and what’s important at such a time is to absorb the daily shocks, think long-term, speak your mind, share your heart, and do your best.” ~Peggy Noonan in The Wall Street Journal Cindy La Ferle ____________For additional content and to subscribe for daily updates,  please visit the home page

  • Essays,  Garden tour

    May Day memories

    “May, more than any other month of the year,  wants us to feel most alive.”  ~Fennel Hudson Our magnolia in May / Cindy La Ferle ____________For additional content, or to share on social media,  please visit the home page May Day was one of Norma’s favorite holidays. Continuing a tradition started by her mother, my dear friend would leave a basket of flowers, a beautiful plant, or a small present on the porch steps of her loved ones every year on the first day of May. While she intended to surprise us — which was part of the annual tradition — I recall at least one morning when I spotted Norma sneaking up…