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Monthly Archives: October 2015

Get A Grip

October 31, 2015by Robyn Haynes 26 Comments

When you think about it, you’d surely agree roots are amazing things. Yesterday, during my morning exercise, I contemplated roots while I walked. I allowed my thoughts to follow the path of least resistance, seeking […]

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Perspective, Spring, Stories

Who Are You? Who? Who? Who? Who?

October 24, 2015by Robyn Haynes 16 Comments

I’ve often posed this question, alas without response. Little wonder really, since current thought has it that human/plant communication is still a one way street – the verbal side of it […]

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Perspective, Spring, Web of Life

Are you awake?

October 17, 2015by Robyn Haynes 20 Comments

I simply ask because it’s so easy to go through our days lulled by routine. You may have risen from your bed this morning, showered and had breakfast, gone to work, […]

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Perspective, Spring

Futility

October 12, 2015by Robyn Haynes 23 Comments

They found him today. Hanging from a tree. I seek solace but not in my garden. It is far too small to contain my anguish, my howl against the utter […]

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Where the Wild Things Are

October 10, 2015by Robyn Haynes 16 Comments

Have you ever pondered just what constitutes a garden? Certainly more than the plants that grow in it or the humble gardener who attends them. For me, a garden is […]

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Spring, Web of Life, Writing

The Idea of Elevation

October 3, 2015by Robyn Haynes 14 Comments

I don’t know about you but I like the ‘idea of elevation’. I like the way the phrase dances off my tongue and makes my synapses sing. It brings to […]

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Other-People's-Gardens, Spring, Stories

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Robyn Haynes

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Robyn enthusiastically pursues a green and writerly life on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, where her background as a social anthropologist equips her with an interesting slant on the human condition. She spends much time indulging a passion for her garden where she ponders life and attempts to stave off existential angst. In her more reflective moments she makes wry observations on courtyard gardening and its parallels with life.

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