The Sunday Wildflower Bouquet #4

A weekly recap: life, writing, reading, new finds, weekly quote, musings.

Thank you for reading this week’s The Sunday Wildflower Bouquet. A bouquet of wildflowers is a collection of flowers gathered from a wild, untamed place—much like the environment here at Substack.

Endless Summer Hydrangea ~ my favorite. At the marina where I water flowers as a summer gig.

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
~Henry David Thoreau, Walden and Other Writings

Life Happenings

I’m grateful to all my subscribers, followers, and readers. Thank you for the ❤️’s, comments, and restacks.

A special thank you to

Neil Barker

of Meditations on Nature | Korean-style Sijo poems for recommending Sacred Environment to his readers 💜🌿

📖 Looking for something to read this summer? I recommend

E.T. Allen

’s serialized novel, Coincidence Speaks. Chapter 18 was published this week—I’ve linked to the first chapter.

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I wrote what I consider to be my first real short story, She Who Walks Softly. I’ve received some lovely and encouraging comments and DMs. Seeing words and ideas flow onto the screen was an exciting process. Although not what I expected, the story was set up to grow into a novel—a dream I didn’t know if I still wanted until now. I believe the Universe wants it to happen. I have pages of notes and ideas that came to me while writing, and are still coming—ideas to grow this into a novel.

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Today marks two months of Sacred Environment on Substack. I’m honored to have reached 139 subscribers (all posts are always free but a subscription ensures you see my writing), and very grateful to you, all my followers, and casual readers. There has been a lot of Substack discussion about the importance of turning on paid subscriptions, even if all posts are free to read. I don’t want to feel the pressure of the “have to” get a post written to meet a schedule so I’m sticking with the one-time donation/tip jar model. Thank you to those who have contributed, it has gone towards an annual Substack subscription to improve my inspiration and writing.

🐞 I’ve decided to mostly unplug for the month of July, possibly August as well. I will be back, I love it here. I have several household and yard projects I need to work on. Simplification and minimalism—even to the point of cleaning the “junk drawer” 😁. Living on the coast becomes more stressful during hurricane season, especially with occasional flooding becoming more routine now. Having less to worry about is, well, less to worry about. So, a late spring cleaning and creating more space—sacred space. I wish you a wonderful summer, or winter! 🌟

To help regulate and heal an overstimulated nervous system, I will be reading more from physical books with almost no screen time. I will continue to keep up with my writing practice and

Jeannine Ouellette

’s Writing in the Dark Curriculum and teachings.

My Recent Writings

She Who Walks Softly

The Sunday Wildflower Bouquet #3

What Are You Naturally Attracted To?

“I loved reading “She who walks softly” Tania, Charles was portrayed beautifully and my eyes are wet with the way you portrayed the loss, looking forward to more. I’m now going to read from your archives.”

Marika O’S

comment on my recent post, She Who Walks Softly.

Interesting Newsletters I’ve Read This Week

There is never a shortage of interesting newsletters to read on Substack. Here are a few I enjoyed this week, and I hope you will too. May you discover something you might not ordinarily read.

• To be found by a four leaf clover by

  Kira Julius

• A Cosmic Story by

  Wayne Stoner

• Why are we here by

  Lee West

• Life’s Seasons by

  Robert LaCombe

• Question: Why Did the Goose Cross the Road? by

  Craig Slater

• Putting the Mental in Fundamental by

  Jonathan Byrd
  (who knew concrete could be so interesting).

My Current Book Reading Stack

I tend to read a little from more than one book each evening; unless I fall asleep first.

• Reading Like A Writer by Francine Prose

• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

• Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

• Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinoka Estes, Ph.D.

Weekly Musings

Here’s a link to my Notes and restacks: https://substack.com/@taniatyler/notes

🌿 Is there anything you’d like to share from your week? Let’s connect in the comments.

Peace, Love & Blessings,

If something I wrote inspired or brightened your day a little, or anything else you’d like to share… I’d be very grateful to hear about it in the comments. A restack or clicking the little heart 💚 for a “like” would always be appreciated.