Full-time touring musician Courtney Marie Andrews has never had time to plant a garden between her shows. But with a pandemic raging, she's found solace in the small things, like writing poetry — and 'planting life, even if it's just a cucumber.'
There is a red bird that appears in my yard every afternoon, playfully hopping around my peach tree, blissed out and unknowing of our suffering. Moments such as these have allowed me to indulge in my daydreams, granting me to truly see some things I quite frankly didn't have time to before. As a full-time touring musician, I have never had a big enough window between tours to plant and harvest a garden.
If it's a good day, upon my return, I will do yoga or meditate. The present moment can sometimes be too overwhelming to clear thoughts of. Norwegians use the wordto describe cozy inside things that comfort them during the long and harsh winters. I've adapted this philosophy, making a daily ritual of lighting candles, a fire, or palo santo.
Some days are harder than others, but gardening and walking has helped feed my writing, which has been a reliable friend throughout the chaos and uncertainty of these unprecedented times. When you create, you are also giving something life, just like the veggies in a garden. You are presenting the world with a timeless gift, even if you are the only one there to read it. My daily routine is breathing life into veggies and words, to balance out all that we grieve and mourn.
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