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Cynthia Brian

Dec 24, 2020
4 min

Home (and Garden) for the Holidays!

By Cynthia Brian “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year!” Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol One sentiment was universal this season in the holiday cards and emails…hope for a safe, healthy, prosperous future. 2020 has been a year of enormous challenges, chaos, and crisis amid a frightening pandemic that rendered many people feeling hopeless and helpless. Even with shelter-in-place mandates and Zooming taking the place of “being there”, resilience wil

Cynthia Brian

Dec 9, 2020
5 min

Tiny sprouts!

By Cynthia Brian “The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. I rejoice when I see anyone, and especially children, inquiring about flowers, and wanting gardens of their own, and carefully working in them. For love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but always grows and grows to an enduring and ever-increasing source of happiness.” Gertrude Jekyll Watching the wide-eyed w

Cynthia Brian

Nov 25, 2020
4 min

Fall Fireworks

Fall Fireworks By Cynthia Brian “Let the beauty we love be what we do.” ~Rumi Sitting on my balcony, watching the ginger orb of the sun shoot sparkles and glitter throughout the dusky sky, I am besotted with the fireworks of fall foliage on the horizon. The colors and intensities change daily as I attempt to capture the essence of their beauty in my camera lens. A red-branched Japanese maple is glimmering gold one day. Four days later it is pumpkin spice orange. My liquid amb

Cynthia Brian

Nov 11, 2020
5 min

As the Leaves Turn

Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian As the Leaves Turn By Cynthia Brian “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s only five in the evening and the darkness of night has arrived. I’ve been out in the garden prepping the soil as the sun sets and the moon rises. Normally by this time of the year, I would have had all my spring bulbs and perennials planted and my lawn re-seeded. But we have had no rain and the daytime temper

Cynthia Brian

Oct 30, 2020
4 min

Halloween, Nature's Way

“Listen to them–the children of the night. What music they make!” Bram Stoker During this season, life is about the kids. This is a time of magic, wonder, and things that go bump in the night. Halloween has always been a favorite holiday for most children in the United States but this year, Halloween, the way it has been celebrated for decades, is canceled. No random trick or treating, no gatherings, no haunted parties. Since school has been online, kids yearn to get together

Cynthia Brian

Oct 14, 2020
5 min

Sheltering with Mother Nature

Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian “Too blessed to be stressed!” Bumper sticker By Cynthia Brian Are you feeling more in touch with Mother Earth as we near the beginning of eight months of stay-at-home mandates because of Covid-19? Or are you feeling antsy, stressed, and out-of-sorts? Retreating to our landscapes was initially a salve to the pain of the corona virus, social unrest, and political nastiness as we encountered improved air quality, quieter skies, a

Cynthia Brian

Oct 1, 2020
5 min

Risky Business

Pres Pass: https://blog.voiceamerica.com/2020/09/30/risky-business/ Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian By Cynthia Brian “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from a cornfield.” Dwight D. Eisenhower When you bite into a crunchy apple, eat a bunch of juicy grapes, or slather butter on roasted sweet corn, unless you’ve grown these crops in your personal garden, do you ever wonder about the life of the farmer who provides

Hannah’s War, Smoke Taint & Spaghetti Sauce, Flu & Safely Re-Beginning

Cynthia Brian

Oct 1, 2020
4 min

Hannah’s War, Smoke Taint & Spaghetti Sauce, Flu & Safely Re-Beginning

SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine. Meet global shining stars sharing their brilliance from home right here on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!® Join our party LIVE 4pm PT Wednesdays .http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2206/be-the-star-you-are #HomestageSAF, #CynthiaBrian, #StarSt

Dreaming the Marsh, Travel Insurance during Covid-19, Planting for Fall

Cynthia Brian

Sep 18, 2020
4 min

Dreaming the Marsh, Travel Insurance during Covid-19, Planting for Fall

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/125489/dreaming-the-marsh-travel-insurance-during-covid-19-planting-for-fall SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine. Find out how brilliant our world talent is right here on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!® Dreaming the Marsh is an environmental

Cynthia Brian

Jul 25, 2020
4 min

Sweet, Savory Summer

https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1411/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Sweet-savory-summer.html Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian Sweet, Savory Summer By Cynthia Brian “Steep thyself in a bowl of summer.” --Virgil Summer! Just saying the word puts a smile on my face. Since I was a little girl, the months of July and August were times of great joy, working as a laborer picking or cutting apricots, peaches, and pears in neighbors’ orc

Cynthia Brian

Jul 8, 2020
5 min

Guardians of the Garden Galaxy

By Cynthia Brian “Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.” William Shakespeare The gray turtle dove darted from the mulberry tree to the wooden nest box and back again. Thinking there must be eggs, I grabbed my camera and discovered a baby dove nestled in a hollowed nest with the mother bird proudly standing guard. The sounds of gentle cooing surrounded this bucolic scene. I felt blessed that these birds chose my garden to settle. If you want a healthy, glorious summer g

Cynthia Brian

Jun 26, 2020
5 min

Plant Pivots

Planet Pivots By Cynthia Brian “I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower as if it were to be the last one for me.” Andre Gide Summertime and the living is easy! Or is it? This year will be a year like no other highlighted by the frightening health pandemic and sorrowful civil unrest. As the economy slowly re-opens, people are clamoring to shop, dine, socialize, get haircuts, and have their teeth cleaned. The line of masked individuals waiting outside reopened store

Cynthia Brian

Jun 11, 2020
5 min

Victory Garden 3.0

Digging Deep with Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian Victory Gardens 3.0 By Cynthia Brian "In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time." Robert Collier, Writer and Publisher In March 2017, a month before the United States entered World War I, Americans across our lands were asked to plant produce to help feed the Allies fighting in Europe. It wasn’t only farmers who were solicited to

Cynthia Brian

May 28, 2020
5 min

Grounded!

“I rejoice when I see anyone, and especially children, inquiring about flowers, and wanting gardens of their own, and carefully working in them. For the love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but always grows and grows to an enduring and ever-increasing source of happiness.” Gertrude Jekyll It’s not only the airlines and cruise ships that are grounded! Young people everywhere are also enduring the sheltering-in-place mandate. As we embark on our eleventh week

Cynthia Brian

Apr 30, 2020
4 min

Wild and Free

https://blog.voiceamerica.com/2020/04/30/wild-and-free/ "I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. " Henry David Thoreau Mother Nature has an astounding way of rebounding. The blackened, charred hills behind my house from the October wildfire are now a carpet of emerald green grass

Gardening is OPEN, Wine Wednesdays with Heather Brittany

Cynthia Brian

Apr 16, 2020
4 min

Gardening is OPEN, Wine Wednesdays with Heather Brittany

We may be mandated to stay at home but gardening is not canceled. If you have a pot or a plot, Cynthia Brian has tips to help keep you sane and safe while you enjoy blossoms, blooms, and bouquets AT HOME. We do have it in our power to begin the world anew. Listen to and abide by the mandates of the experts. We may not be able to predict the course of the virus, but we do have agency over our actions and reactions. The Goddess Gardener’s April Gardening Guide provides a pletho

Cynthia Brian

Apr 2, 2020
5 min

Gardening is NOT Canceled

“We have it in our power to begin the world again.” Thomas Paine What a difference a day makes! Who could have ever predicted that as the vernal equinox approached in the Northern Hemisphere the entire world would be mandated to stay home, pause, and practice social distancing? Are you in compliance? As adults, we have the ability and the responsibility to be role models in keeping ourselves and our families safe and healthy whilst we are housebound. Thankfully, spring has sp

Cynthia Brian

Mar 18, 2020
5 min

Spring Ahead!

By Cynthia Brian “Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.” From Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte With the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus Corvid-19 a pandemic, daily living as well as travel is interrupted. While we need to be alert and prepared, we can not panic. My method of staying healthy while diminishing

Cynthia Brian

Mar 4, 2020
3 min

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 least seven years since we’ve enjoyed a warm, sun-filled February. Being accustomed to cold, dreary, gray days in the months of Aquarius and Pisces, this year buoyed my spirits immensely even though I know that we need rain. I admit I thoroughly lapped up those 70 plus degree days spending hours in the garden weeding, pruning, and planting with

Cynthia Brian

Feb 6, 2020
4 min

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 word februa, which means “to cleanse”. The Romans fêted Februalia, a month-long purification and atonement festival, annually occurring during the wettest and dreariest of days of the year. In California, February opens the floodgates of rain with weather that is overcast and cold. Thankfully, not everything is dreary and gray. We attribute lo

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