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From the Sunny Garden Journal’s Author
Hi. As a member of the mission group for Cedar Cross Retreat Center, I’m caring for the Sunny Garden, just behind the art studio. Cedar Cross is a 52-acre forested sanctuary for rest, reflection, and renewal located in central North Carolina. The Sunny Garden is one of a few areas where the canopy is open, allowing hours of sunshine daily. This blog is my journal as I work with the garden. Incidentally, this is all happening as the coronavirus pandemic has taken the globe. – Ginger Allen
Sunny Garden Journal Vocabulary
library rods – once the knobs and metal rods in a nearby library’s paper card catalog drawers (pre-computer days), now our garden markers
The Pocket – tucked-in meditation space in southeast corner
Sunny Garden Journal People
Butch – Mr. Green Jeans, mission group convener
Jimmy – Cedar Cross Coordinator & author’s husband
John – forest steward, Cedar Cross co-founder
Lillie – mission group
Mac – mission group member, Moss Garden creator
Mae – author’s daughter
Maggie – author’s daughter
Margaret – original Sunny Garden gardener, Cedar Cross co-founder
Olivia – author’s daughter
Reba – cool dog
Ruthie – author’s daughter
Vickie – mission group member