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.
Carding Chronicles

Spring Rush

The daffies are up!
The daffies are up!

So far, it’s staying cool enough for my daffodils and narcissus to be happy. (Think the temp of a florist’s refrigerator.)

We can see the tops of peonies and our purple columbines—which spread and spread and spread—are uncurling from the ground.

This year, I plan to take some of those seeds and start scattering them down on the land that got so torn up by the hurricane and then the building of our retaining wall.

I also have a clot of day lilies to take down there as well. Those orange babies will go toe-to-toe with the Japanese knotweed.

Hail Spring!