HI THERE! I'M BRIANNE TURCZYNSKI, FREELANCE WRITER, HISTORICAL RESEARCHER, & PERPETUAL SEEKER OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. WELCOME TO MY SPACE WHERE I SHARE THE BOOKS I'M READING, MY SPIRITUAL FINDINGS, FLOWERS IN MY GARDEN, AND LOST STORIES. ALL ARE WELCOME HERE.
The French Idea of gardening... I have recently returned from a wondering holiday in southwestern France. The villagers produce an altogether charming effect, comparable with our own cottage gardens at home. The village street is lined with pots, standing grouped around the doorways or rising step by step up the outside staircase when there is one … Continue reading Waging a Cold War…On Bunnies
The only nasty color produced by the zinnia is a magenta, and this, alas, is produced only too often. When magenta threatens, I pull it up and throw in on the compost heap, and allow the better colours to have their way. -Vita Sackville-West February 12th, 1950 Yes, magenta does show up all too … Continue reading “Magenta is a Nasty Color”
It is perhaps too ordinary to appeal to the real connoisseur- a form of snobbishness I always find hard to understand in gardeners... -Vita Sackville-West January 1st, 1950 I've often thought Vita wouldn't approve of my growing pussy toes. After all, they're just an ordinary wildflower. But then I read the above passage. Of course … Continue reading Toxic Beauty
A year ago, in the dead of winter, I was suffering from severe anxiety attacks as a result of my parent's divorce. They would come over me mostly at night. I needed to fall asleep to make them go away but I was afraid to sleep. I was afraid that while I slept I would loose control … Continue reading The Inspiring Vita Sackville-West
BRIANNE TURCZYNSKI 