Toni Kenyon
How to make Lemon Balm Syrup
Join me as I wander the garden admiring its spring growth. We'll check in on the bees and the ever-present chickens always make...
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Toni Kenyon
- Jul 4, 2021
- 3 min
Digital Planner & Gratitude Journal
An open letter from an Alcoholic. I haven't spoken a lot recently about my gratitude for my life and how I got here. In this middle of...
Toni Kenyon
- Mar 5, 2021
- 4 min
Why morning is the best time in the garden
I walked out of the living room and slipped my feet into my low cut ‘gumboots’. Gumboots are ‘Wellington boots’ if you’re in the United...
Toni Kenyon
- Dec 30, 2020
- 1 min
Getting sober
So, it's the day before New Year's Eve here in New Zealand. Life continues on with very little thought for the pandemic that continues to...
Toni Kenyon
- Jul 14, 2020
- 1 min
Gratitude for another sober day
Today, I am 19 years sober. Even to write that is such a miracle. I don't share this to brag...
Toni Kenyon
- May 25, 2020
- 4 min
6 things I learned about me and my garden during the Covid lockdown
Some days it felt like I’d woken up in an episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Early on, when we learned that we should wear masks and gloves...
Toni Kenyon
- Sep 9, 2019
- 2 min
Magic in putting pen to paper
I say it over and over again and I will continue to say it until I draw my last breath... There is magic in putting pen to paper....
Toni Kenyon
- Sep 2, 2019
- 1 min
Why my Passion Pulse is so important
There's not a day goes by that I don't find myself scribbling something down in my Passion Pulse. It's my private journal and it's also...
Toni Kenyon
- Aug 28, 2019
- 2 min
Love is...falling into a good book
There's nothing I love more than falling into a good book. I was one of those kids who read everything I could get my hands...
Toni Kenyon
- Aug 26, 2019
- 1 min
Helpful Habits
Life has been a little up and down for me lately. Not enough hours in the day. Too many things to do in too short a time. Too many...
Toni Kenyon
- Aug 23, 2019
- 2 min
August in an Antipodes Vegetable Garden
August is the final month of winter down here in New Zealand. It's also a time when we have a ridiculous amount of rain and it's cold and...
Toni Kenyon
- Aug 21, 2019
- 2 min
Stepping out of the dark
Mum was diagnosed with lung cancer in mid-April and we've been on a roller coaster ride ever since. I'm pleased to report that she seems...
Toni Kenyon
- May 3, 2019
- 4 min
Why Gratitude is so important
I remember a time many years ago, when I was struggling with early sobriety. I was on my way home from a shopping trip with my two young...
Toni Kenyon
- Mar 28, 2019
- 2 min
Where did the first quarter of 2019 go?
I'm asking myself where did the first quarter of the year go? I'm also looking at my goals for this quarter and I'm pleased to report...
Toni Kenyon
- Mar 24, 2019
- 2 min
Choosing to live in the light
It's been a torrid week here in New Zealand. I don't like following the news, but even I would have to have been living under a rock not...
Toni Kenyon
- Mar 6, 2019
- 2 min
Wonderful Wednesday & flying umbrellas
Wonderful Wednesday: Sometimes it's hard when you're feeling as if the world is crashing in on you to find the wonder in the world....
Toni Kenyon
- Mar 1, 2019
- 2 min
The Black Dog of Depression Calling...
Some days it feels like everything is too hard. "Struggle" is the word of the day and all I want to do is go back to bed, pull the covers...
Toni Kenyon
- Feb 26, 2019
- 1 min
Stay the course a.k.a. Never Give Up!
When I was trying to get sober, I had a line drawing on my fridge. I eventually coloured it in I loved it so much. It was a photograph of...
Toni Kenyon
- Feb 18, 2019
- 3 min
What to do when you can't stay on track
You know the feeling. All the best intentions and then...Bam! Out of nowhere something gets in the way of your well structured new...
Toni Kenyon
- Feb 13, 2019
- 3 min
Why I'm hooked on happy ever afters
I had time to reflect today. As I write this, it’s the day before Valentine’s Day--the day when every woman (and probably a lot of men)...