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I think I broke my attention
Focusing our attention is a portal. Noticing reveals the invisible. Someone once told me that a ring around a stone was good for a wish. I’ve collected…
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
STILL, The Art of Noticing
"...a heightened state of awareness that made me extraordinarily happy, because I was not just sleepwalking through the obligations of a busy life but…
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
Excellent advice for a good life
...collect shiny things.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
Accepting everyone I've been up to now
Managing multitudes is sometimes a wild ride... It’s taken me until today-O’clock to learn how to be gentle with myself.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
My darling husband of forever years is not a gardener
If you garden in a blended household, I know you understand, and I want you to know you’re not alone. I see you.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
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I think I broke my attention
Focusing our attention is a portal. Noticing reveals the invisible. Someone once told me that a ring around a stone was good for a wish. I’ve collected…
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
Accepting everyone I've been up to now
Managing multitudes is sometimes a wild ride... It’s taken me until today-O’clock to learn how to be gentle with myself.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
Saltwater wonder, love & whales
Saltwater and home are synonymous to me. My heart belongs to a rocky shore sharp with barnacles and teeming with tiny creatures in the Pacific…
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner

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Saltwater wonder, love & whales
Saltwater and home are synonymous to me. My heart belongs to a rocky shore sharp with barnacles and teeming with tiny creatures in the Pacific…
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
When we believe in each other
5.25.26 Index of Delight
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
Asking to be paid is my least favorite thing
Writing is my joy and my job, subscribers help make this questionable life choice possible—few career opportunities exist in the field of capturing…
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner

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Excellent advice for a good life
...collect shiny things.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
Cultivate imagination
What’s especially curious about this little posey plucked from the back garden -- I didn’t plant a white peony, nigella or anemone.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
When we believe in each other
5.25.26 Index of Delight
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner

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My darling husband of forever years is not a gardener
If you garden in a blended household, I know you understand, and I want you to know you’re not alone. I see you.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
A tender year, plotting a life in pie
My story as told in a calendar of crust. Who knew pies were so emotionally evocative.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
Indulging in color is really pretty tame
Just like a bumblebee wantonly belly flopping from blossom to blossom, I am besotted in the company of green, orange, violet, and countless other hues.
 • Lorene Edwards Forkner
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Recommendations
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Elissa Altman
SEE YOU
SEE YOU
Carolyn Yoo
Lorene's Books
Color In and Out of the Garden
a memoir told in plants & color
Grow Great Vegetables in Washington
a year-round guide to garden flavors
Grow Great Vegetables in Oregon
a year-round guide to garden flavors
Grow Great Vegetables in British Columbia
a year-round guide to garden flavors
creativity
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prints, postcards, stickers & more
my classes on Creativebug
link for free trial
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