SkyStreak, photo, poem and all text © Irene O’Garden 2013 The Horse, Us Hoofprints in my fledgling heart embossed. Prancing crazily down Pennsylvania Avenue: the barely-restrained emblem of all gone wrong. The horse, us. Our rider tossed. The boots
HydrangeaGlow, photo and all text ⓒ Irene O’Garden, 2013 There are times words interfere. Times they can’t be translated. When the poem is the image, when the yearning cannot be described, when the clamor of description must be settled
Elemental Sentiment, photo, lettering and text © Irene O’Garden 2013 Mercury is now in retrograde. According to star folk, it’s a good time to be flexible, since travel, computers, plans and communications can veer a bit awry. Intuition is high,
Any author who has a book positively reviewed or mentioned by a publication is lucky indeed. I’ve been abundantly fortunate in this respect, my book Fat Girl being a shining example. Please take the time to visit my author page to find out more
Chez Paul, iPad Art and all text ⓒIrene O’Garden Another “postcard” from our trip: One of the pleasures of travel is the unplanned stop. We set sail from Gaudi’s Barcelona on a ten-day Mediterranean cruise. First port: Marseilles, where we
It’s The Berries, photo and all text ©Irene O’Garden, 2013 Dagnab ‘em. Birds are peckin’ at ‘em, but loads of purple caviar still droops on the stem. The valuable, healthy elderberries are ready, ripening the crop of guilt that started
My Worm, photo and all text © Irene O’Garden 2013 “A worm has zero legs.” You can see why I’m enjoying this week’s lettering task. Ada’s poem is one of sixteen winning entries in this year’s Hudson Highlands Land Trust
Lively Hand, photo and all text ⓒ Irene O’Garden 2013 When asked to conduct a River Of Words forest workshop for eight children aged 3-6 years (not my usual crowd) I called an expert—my sister Robin, a retired Waldorf kindergarten teacher.
Intentionally Blank, iPad art & all text © Irene O’Garden, 2013 “This space intentionally left blank.” Did you ever get this delightfully ridiculous notice on a piece of paper, say with a credit card bill? Laughed heartily the first time
Ro & Ree, photo © Mark Muenster, 2013, all text © Irene O’Garden, 2013 Some folks can write posts in advance when they know they’ll be out of town, but my life is rarely so accommodating. Today’s comes to you late
Frontknocker, photo and all text © Irene O’Garden, 2013 The light is frank as ever through the windowpanes. Cabinet latches squeak and snap just as they did. The attic is still a hot, stuffy, slightly scary place of boxed-up memories
Peachnipples, Photo and all text © Irene O’Garden, 2013 For days we’ve been veiled in a lovely hum. It floated in and out with cooling clouds and warm visitors on Saturday’s garden tour, and keeps us company even now. A
Shadowmask, photo & all text © Irene O’Garden, 2013 Sprucing up for a charity garden tour this weekend. Projects postponed resurrect with the peonies. Workers are buzzing about like our prancing polka-dot terrier Bee. Electricians hardwire outdoor fixtures we sought
Distinctive Style, (8″x 12″) Photo & Calligraphy © Irene O’Garden, 2013 A calligraphic week– this week I share words with you that are not my own, but that passed through my hand on to muslin in my new studio space.
I had this week’s post inwardly bubbling and then this marvelous gift arrived: An advance copy of The Signature of All Things, the new novel by my dear friend Elizabeth Gilbert, to be published this fall. Sure, I wanted to
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