Author Archives: Joanne Toft

About Joanne Toft

I am a retired Minneapolis Public School teacher. I walk, garden, help in schools and write. Life is good!

Sudden Changes

Posted on July 18, 2017

” All is connected like a chain. Nothing is permanent. Everything changes. If we do not accept that fact we will always suffer. “                                 … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? Dana Levy’s new book

Posted on July 17, 2017

“This Would Make a Good Story Someday” a perfect line many of us writers have used over and over again as we think about events in our lives.  Well, Dana Alison Levy followed up on it and wrote a humorous … Continue reading →

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Layers and Layers of learning

Posted on July 11, 2017

On a bright and hot Saturday morning I find myself sitting in an old historical house taking a botany class. It is Botany for Artists to be exact. I will not call myself an artist but I am learning to … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? Laurel Snyder

Posted on July 10, 2017

I have not been reading a great deal of children’s books this summer. I have been feeding the adult side of my reading life. I have spent time with Terry Tempest Williams – The Hour of Land and When Women … Continue reading →

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Balloon or Bells in the garden

Posted on July 4, 2017

Years ago I was at my Mother’s home weeding her garden. She could no long care for her plants and yard – age and Parkinson’s had taken its toll. Which meant my sister and I would show up every 6 … Continue reading →

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History of Gardens

Posted on June 27, 2017

I was walking the garden again this morning – noticing where the critters are still eating my hostas (they really only like the small all green hostas – an interesting story I am sure – why only the green ones?) … Continue reading →

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Sorting my history

Posted on June 20, 2017

Our history collects around us and gathers dust as we walk by it each day on our way to the future. We can’t quite let go of it but we are not using it, looking at it or reflecting on … Continue reading →

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