by M. J. | Feb 8, 2019 | Thinking Outside the Hive
What is this daffodil thinking? It’s February! Tennessee’s weather is predictably unpredictable–even in winter. It’s not unusual for a warm spell to take a peek from behind the curtain for a few days. The warmth is both a tease and a promise....
by M. J. | Jan 24, 2019 | Thinking Outside the Hive
Carpe Diem–Seize the Day! 2018 is past. We can’t change it. There’s no sense in dwelling on it, blaming it, or smugly sitting on last year’s victories. Another year has begun. The starter pistol had sounded and we’re advancing around the...
by M. J. | Oct 16, 2018 | Thinking Outside the Hive
I have a love/hate relationship with my magnifying mirror. On the one hand I can see which eyebrow hairs need plucking. On the other, I can too easily see the flaws and wrinkles in my aging skin. And the bright light surrounding the mirror doesn’t help. I often...
by M. J. | May 17, 2018 | Bee Tracks
Bees arrived from Georgia this week. Our bee association coordinated a bulk order of honey harvesters for new and expanding beekeepers and those little buzzers made it to Tennessee in neatly stacked boxes in the back of a van. These bees hummed their tunes across...
by M. J. | Mar 29, 2018 | Thinking Outside the Hive
Are your eggs in your basket or still on the lawn? Too often, I think, we want to scatter our eggs around to “cover our bases.” And like an Easter egg hunt, we discover one egg under a bush, another by a tree and two or three in the middle of the...
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