Category: ponderings

The Violet Earthquake – What African Violets Can Teach Us About Blossoming

African violets are a plant that will forever remind me of my grandmother-in-law. She always had them filling her windowsills, in various stages of propagation. When she died, almost 20 years ago, the only things we wanted of Nan’s were: A little red plastic foot stool that she used to reach up into her cupboards, […]