Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy A Flower’s Song In my garden, each and every bloom sings with the most beautiful of voices. A flower’s song is a gift. I’m humbled by it, and my heart hears it forever. By John G. Stamos A Flower’s Song John G. Stamos When you look at a flower, […]
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Testament to a Friendship An incredibly beautiful written testament to a very special 90 year friendship recently resurfaced after almost 30 years of obscurity. The timing of its reappearance and subsequent re-reading represents nothing short of providence. By John G. Stamos My mother, Bessie Stamos, passed away peacefully on
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Thoughts of My Mom This Christmas, my thoughts are of my mom almost exclusively. All the memories that go along with the lifetime of love she’s given me are drawn into particular focus this year, and the time I spend with her now might be more precious than it’s
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy “Perfect Disasters” by Laura Lewis-Barr “Perfect Disasters” by Laura Lewis-Barr serves as a jolly cautionary vacationing tale which arrives just in time for the holiday travel crush. The award-winning filmmaker, author, and educator relates some of her more memorable trip-taking mishaps in this light-hearted lamentation. Perfect Disasters By Laura
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Of Sisyphus and CFM: The Forest, a Man, and His Leaf Blower Kicking Mother Nature’s ass is all about having the right equipment, and the right attitude. So go big, and do it proud and do it loud. Recounted here, in “Of Sisyphus and CFM,” are the high-decibel adventures
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Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Guest Writer Nenad Knežević on Nature and Poetry’s Nexus This week, The Renaissance Garden Guy hosts guest writer Nenad Knežević, creator of the internationally renowned Grammaticus website and blog. The esteemed writer and academician contributes a beautiful essay on the joys of walking amidst nature, the art of appreciating
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Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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
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Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Katha Kissman on the History of The New Buffalo Railroad Museum As a co-founder and board member of The New Buffalo Railroad Museum, published author and guest writer Katha Kissman offers an insider’s understanding of the history of this beloved southwest Michigan institution. As I’ve written before, I’m a
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