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Comfrey Week
A Comfrey Week is going to leave you bruised — but healing. Soul bruises happen so often that we tend not to notice them. We say things like “I’m just a bit tired” or we raid the emergency stash of chocolate. But we should acknowledge that someone or something has hurt us. Then we can…
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Tomato Flower Week
A Tomato Flower Week is confusing. Just like the tomato flower. It’s so modest. Totally outclassed by the ripe red fruit, and even by the spicy scent of tomato leaves — don’t you love that smell on a summer’s evening, when water hits the leaves and the scent engulfs you? A Tomato Flower Week is…
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Cool as a Cucumber Week
A Cucumber Week is all about chilling. Be Zen. However you want to phrase it, going with the flow this week means letting go. I’m not good at letting go. Control freak! But a Cucumber Week makes things tough for us Type A personalities. Be prepared for frustrations — and what’s worse, these frustrations will…
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Dune Grass Week
A Dune Grass Week is all about thriving on shifting sands. As much as we’d like life to stand still — especially in the happy times — it never does. What we need to learn is how to embrace change. There is going to be a change in your life this week. With hindsight, you’ll…
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Marjoram Week
It’s not the best picture, but then again, marjoram isn’t the gaudiest flower. It’s subtle. A Marjoram Week is subtle, too, and like the herb it’s named for, these seven days will be perfumed with sweet spiciness. I’m delighted to announce that this is a week of secret thrills. Life gets so exceedingly busy that…