Thomas Mann Archives

Joseph von Eichendorff: The Romantic Poet Who Celebrated Nature’s Mysteries

Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff as a young man (colorized and enhanced).

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 10, 1788 Dearest reader, On this day, we celebrate the birth of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff—a Romantic soul whose verse conjured moonlight and roses, and whose stories blossomed in the gardens of…

January’s Gates: Poetry, Time, and the Dreaming Garden

Today’s Garden Words were featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. January garden dreams. January 6, 2020 On this sixth morning of the new year, the world stands cloaked in frost, and…

Time Has No Divisions

A vintage metal alarm clock with a weathered face sitting on a rustic wooden surface, set against a softly blurred background.

by Thomas Mann Time has no divisions to mark its passage; there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins, it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. Today’s Garden words were featured on…