How Do Climbing Vines Actually Climb? So how do climbing vines actually climb? Good question. And a good thing that my friend, Bob, is here to help me answer it. Today, Bob discovers that not all garden variety ornamental climbing vines are created equal. Turns out that different kinds of vines make different kinds of […]
“Mary” This is my original work, “Mary.” It’s the first of my poems to be published here in The RGG. I hope you’ll enjoy it. By John G. Stamos Mary By John G. Stamos To hold this ephemeral sigh, this diaphanous notion, You, wistful moonlight on the crest of a wave… Upon grim traversing embarks
Our Gardens, Our Lives: Parallels Examined by Laura Lewis-Barr With this week’s offering, Laura Lewis-Barr returns to The Renaissance Garden Guy and reveals another of her passions: gardening. And she’s quick to point out the remarkable parallels that exist between the vicissitudes of our own lives, and the happenings in our gardens. The award-winning filmmaker,
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Assessing Nature with a Certain Detachment, or, How I Learned to Love the Great Outdoors (Even Though I’ve Got a Wrecked Eyeball) An ocular misfortune put the brakes on my gardening efforts and landed them in the compost pile right along with my eyesight. I couldn’t tend my garden – that much was certain. But
A Rain Delay A rain delay? There’s no need to roll out the tarps. The game’s not going to be called. In fact, a rainy day in spring is the perfect time to catch all the action in the garden. By John G. Stamos I had originally planned another article for this week’s offering here
Life Through a Jungian Lens: Guest Writer Laura Lewis-Barr on the Theories of Carl Jung This week, The Renaissance Garden Guy welcomes guest writer Laura Lewis-Barr. The award-winning filmmaker and author discusses her introduction to the work of the renowned psychologist and its impact on her thoughts and vocation. The first time I watched one
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The Girl of the Braids: A True Story by Pepita Rodrigo Enjoy a free download of this lovely autobiographical account of a young girl growing up in post-World War II Catalonia. In The Girl of the Braids, Pepita Rodrigo recounts her most poignant childhood experiences, and they read more beautifully than any fairy tale ever
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For My Dogs This one’s for my dogs. Plain and simple. By John G. Stamos For several months now, a number of you have been asking me to write something about my dogs, Tony and Clarabelle. Although they’ve both made a few cameos on Facebook and Twitter, these two have yet to receive a feature
In Praise of the Printed Word – My Love Affair with Books Books, oh glorious books! “In Praise of the Printed Word,” indeed. Here is a veritable paean, written and belted right out loud. (But not too loud… I’m at the library.) By John G. Stamos I’m really excited to write this article. It represents
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