A spring break to stay whole

I'll be gone for just a bit, but hopefully not forgotten.

17 hrs ago • Lisa Brunette

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April 2026

Gardening as a balm after you've felt burnt-out and broken

After facing trying circumstances over the past year, including repressed traumatic memories, the author recalibrates her garden and homesteading…

Apr 30 • Lisa Brunette

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The role of shame in childhood rape and sexual assault

Plus six ways to release it.

Apr 23 • Lisa Brunette

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What to Say When Someone Tells You They Were Sexually Abused

The first response script that protects survivors from a second injury

Published on Vera Hart MD PhD • Apr 16

Brunette Gardens over four springs

With evidence of my many imperfections.

Apr 9 • Lisa Brunette

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Brain retraining in the garden

It was all yellow.

Apr 2 • Lisa Brunette

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March 2026

If you want to die

A hotline might not help, but a buddy who's been there can.

Mar 26 • Lisa Brunette

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Pruning, to bear more fruit

It can hurt as much as it's necessary.

Mar 19 • Lisa Brunette

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When forgiveness fails

There's another answer.

Mar 5 • Lisa Brunette

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February 2026

Once more to a small town

We boomerang back again to where we now belong.

Feb 18 • Lisa Brunette

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City mouse gets a country house

It only took three decades.

Feb 4 • Lisa Brunette

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January 2026

'The Year of Dying' appears in County Highway

Plus a followup to my last post and some membership housekeeping.

Jan 22 • Lisa Brunette

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