Welcome to Charley’s Blog Life
Welcome to Charlene Eckstein's blog, where love, relationships, dating, attraction, and romance take center stage. Drawing from her experiences as a writer and author, Charlene explores the psychology and everyday experiences behind romantic connection—from recognizing the signs of attraction and understanding sexual chemistry to navigating relationships, dating, and finding love.
You'll also find lifestyle content, books, food and recipes, and videos along the way. Whether you're trying to understand your own relationship, decode someone's behavior, or simply enjoy a good conversation about love and attraction, you'll find something here to explore.
What's Growing In Your Garden?
I love gardening. In fact there is always something growing in my backyard and window sills. I am not a beginner since I have mastered growing lettuce, parsley, basil, and rosemary. I am fortunate enough to always be able to go into my backyard for some fresh herbs.
Unfortunately I still struggle with growing tomatoes, which is a hit or miss process for me. I have grown as many tomatoes as tomatoes plants I have killed. I have had a lot of success growing cilantro in the past until I change the location for the planting, which was a bad idea. Currently I am back to growing cilantro in a well drained pot in full sun and having much success. I also have collards growing well in the garden but from past experience these are a favorite of rabbits. My husband rabbit proofed the yard and so far so good.
In my window sill I am trying a new technique of growing thyme, mint, and chives in mason jars. I lightly water daily and so far the thyme is growing well after three weeks. Nothing so far with the chives but I am not giving up hope yet. The mint is sprouting so maybe by the 4th of July the hubby and I will be sipping mojitos in the backyard from our home grown mint.
What's growing in your garden?