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Our Gardens, Our Lives: Parallels Examined by Laura Lewis-Barr

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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Assessing Nature with a Certain Detachment, or, How I Learned to Love the Great Outdoors (Even Though I’ve Got a Wrecked Eyeball)

16 Comments / Blogging, Writing, and Original Works, Earthly Thoughts, Gardening and Garden Design / June 26, 2022

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

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A Rain Delay

22 Comments / Blogging, Writing, and Original Works, Earthly Thoughts, Gardening and Garden Design / May 4, 2022

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

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Katha Kissman on the History of The New Buffalo Railroad Museum

14 Comments / Earthly Thoughts, Guest Writers and Contributors / April 27, 2022

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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Life Through a Jungian Lens: Guest Writer Laura Lewis-Barr on the Theories of Carl Jung

12 Comments / Blogging, Writing, and Original Works, Earthly Thoughts, Guest Writers and Contributors / March 29, 2022

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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.

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Choosing a Great Hosting Service for Your Site

15 Comments / Blogging, Writing, and Original Works, Earthly Thoughts / January 28, 2022

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Choosing a Great Hosting Service for Your Site Setting up your own website and blog is a fabulous way to exercise your creativity and share your thoughts, interests, and experiences with the world. Choosing a great hosting service for your site is an absolute imperative. Make sure that the

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For My Dogs

36 Comments / Blogging, Writing, and Original Works, Earthly Thoughts, Family and Friends / January 21, 2022

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy For My Dogs This one’s for my dogs. Plain and simple. By John G. Stamos For several months now, a number of readers 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

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In Praise of the Printed Word – My Love Affair with Books

16 Comments / Blogging, Writing, and Original Works, Books and Literature, Earthly Thoughts / December 28, 2021

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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

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