All posts by Sonja Hakala

I have been a professional writer since 1987. I've written for newspapers, magazines, worked in the book publishing industry, and published novels and non-fiction books. In addition, I've guided numerous authors through the process of independent publishing, and offer workshops in that same vein. I'm the founder of the Parkinson's Comfort Project and over the course of six years, we gathered and gave away over 500 handmade quilts to people with Parkinson's disease.

A Little Spot of Yellow

The sun hasn’t been very strong yet and I suspect that there’s frost still making its way out of the ground in the woods. So the wildflowers are taking their time.
Coltsfoot flower for web
But hunkering down amid the leaf litter are the brave little flowers of coltsfoot.

And the honeysuckle is starting to leaf, the stems of the river willows are greening up, and there are robins everywhere.

Must be late April in Vermont!