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Cynthia Brian
Mar 4, 20203 min read
Let the Sunshine In
By Cynthia Brian – "The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy" Henry Ward Beecher It’s been at...
Cynthia Brian
Feb 6, 20204 min read
Love Grows in a Garden
By Cynthia Brian “The beauty of the season will grow wherever seeds of love are planted. “ ~ Euripides February derives from the Latin...
Cynthia Brian
Jan 23, 20205 min read
Dream Green-Garden Trends 2020 Part #2
“A dreamer dreams that everyone else in his dream must awaken before he can awaken.” ~ Ramana Maharshi After my column, the Power of RE...
Cynthia Brian
Jan 9, 20204 min read
Garden Trends for 2020, Part 1
The Power of RE By Cynthia Brian Take a deep breath of life and consider how it should be lived. ~Miguel de Cervantes A new year, great...
Cynthia Brian
Dec 30, 20194 min read
A Very Merry!
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.” Charles Dickens It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Every...
Cynthia Brian
Dec 16, 20194 min read
‘Tis the Season
https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1321/Digging-Deep-with-Cynthia-Brian-Tis-the-Season.html By Cynthia Brian “Down came the...
Cynthia Brian
Nov 13, 20194 min read
Sow and Reap
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 With the power disruptions and fire fears...
Cynthia Brian
Nov 7, 20195 min read
Starry, Scary Night
by Cynthia Brian “Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze.” Don McLean In 1889,...
Cynthia Brian
Oct 18, 20194 min read
Work in the Autumn Garden
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” F. Scott Fitzgerald P.G.E. has informed the community that the power may be...
Cynthia Brian
Oct 3, 20194 min read
Benvenuto to Butchart Gardens
Cynthia Brian’s Gardening Guide for October https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1316/Cynthia-Brians-Gardening-Guide-for-October-...
Cynthia Brian
Sep 18, 20195 min read
Fall Forward and Waste Not
https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1315/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Fall-forward-and-waste-not.html by...
Cynthia Brian
Sep 6, 20194 min read
Garden Garnishes
by Cynthia Brian “Digging the garden, tending the weeds. Who could ask for more?” John Lennon and Paul McCartney Because I enjoy...
Cynthia Brian
Aug 21, 20194 min read
Controlled Chaos
https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1313/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Controlled-chaos.html Digging Deep...
Cynthia Brian
Aug 7, 20195 min read
Bugged?
by Cynthia Brian “…many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms...
Cynthia Brian
Jul 24, 20194 min read
Picnic Party
by Cynthia Brian “There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.” W. Somerset Maugham Perhaps because I practiced...
Cynthia Brian
Jul 11, 20195 min read
Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia BrianParks Not Pills
By Cynthia Brian “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body...
Cynthia Brian
Jun 17, 20194 min read
Sip into Summer
“As the scent to the rose, are those memories to me." Amelia C. Welby Cooler weather has bidden a sweet goodbye, and warmer days beckon...
Cynthia Brian
Jun 5, 20194 min read
Growing Wisdom
“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.” Juvenal Excited about the glorious weather at the beginning of May, I spent two...
Cynthia Brian
May 15, 20195 min read
The Next Best Thing!
“Do what you can for as long as you can and when you can’t, do the next best thing.” Chuck Yeager Back in 1999 when I was co-authoring...
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