Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons

"The claim writers suffer from homesickness-that they’re on a constant search for the place they belong. I never expected to find mine on an island, nor would that Nature involve me in her plots."

Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoon is the humorous tale of Gloria Marshall’s experiences in rural living on Orcas Island, off the coast of Washington State, "one acre belonging to the deer." She came to this verdant haven seeking and anchor for her floating family, but discovered instead a mysterious connection to the universe and to herself.

What happens when you disconnect from the mainland and have nothing but Nature and each other? To be without and face only limited options becomes a time to strip away things that don’t matter and get closer to things that count, like picking wildflowers on mountain trails or watching butterflies fly through cloudless skies. Every day something new comes into bloom while something old goes to seed-reassuring to a frustrated writer! But maybe most important of all, Marshall discovered roots in the earth can be as important as roots in the family.