What is the watering can?

the watering can is a moving journal, a placeholder, a reminder of days that otherwise go by much too fast. Like my summer ritual of pacing the back porch and sloshing icy tap water over the sweet potato vine, the trailing petunias, the rosemary and lavender and lemon thyme; this is a chance at refreshment. 

the watering can is my place for exploration; a form for finding my voice.

Who writes this thing?

Well, that would be me! I’m DJ. I’m a writer, painter, bread baker, aspiring gardener, amateur potter, and plant fanatic.

I’m here to write about gratitude. About settling down in one place and taking a good, hard look around. About finding joy in putting down deep roots. Who said settling was a bad thing?

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Writing posts like I bake sourdough: by mixing all the ingredients together and checking on it in the morning.