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Dusty Gilbert

Founder, bareCommunication & Editor, skirt! Houston

Dusty Gilbert is an International Studies Graduate from the University of St. Thomas. With professional experience in print publications, the non-profit sector, website development, and the real estate industry, she is currently a writer, a local columnist, Editor of skirt! Houston Online and the...

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Garden of Change

Dusty Gilbert

A wind of change, well more of a hurricane, has blasted through my life in the last 30 days…  In any case, please accept my sincere apologies for my manic-induced neglect of this abode of bloggy bliss.  

In addition to learning a timely lesson regarding my unrealistic pursuit of being  Superwoman (a very depressing realization, I must admit.), there have been so many wonderful updates as well… And, I found my creativity again!

So, in the fashion of  my very first blog entry, starting simply at the beginning (with a dirty sweat pants debut).  I think it is only acceptable to re-start my blog, not where I left off, but at a completely new starting point, the ground.  

A few months ago, I wrote about the garden I was going to start. You know… the one where I had no idea what I was doing. Well, in spite of my ignorance, it growing, really, really growing! Thanks in part to an automatic sprinkler system, apparently great sunlight, Mike and his friend Andy… it’s a little urban farm! Tomatoes, broccoli, peppers, herbs, leeks and so much more. I am so ecstatic about the infant produce, but totally impatient… The first time I caught a glimpse of a little green tomato, I was like a grounded kid in a candy store.

So, last weekend I was out staring at our little plants in amazement, perhaps waiting for some super-natural “instant-ripe” mode, when I treated myself to a much needed internal monologue… In trying to assess my intrigue for my stationary subjects, I realized I was in awe of the surrounding silence, inspired by the new life and overjoyed with the simplicity.

I forgot that complication and craziness are often optional. The  power to choice is the mojo for happiness. Look out Austin Powers!