Category Archives: Gardening
The Wind in The Willows is Inspiration Enough
In the foreword to the children’s classic The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame wrote: Every animal, by instinct, lives according to his nature. Thereby he lives wisely, and betters the tradition of mankind. No animal is ever tempted to belie his nature. No animal, in other words, knows how to tell a lie. …
Real Food, Real People, Real Americans: In Praise of Organic Farmers
And yes, I know how elitist I am, supporting hippies…living on farms they tend with their own hands…
On Gardening, For All the Tender Creatures
Sometimes my heart stops for the tender little creatures in the world. Like the pair of fawns and the doe we’ve seen feeding in our yard lately. During our morning walk today the little ones jumped right out in front of us not 20 feet ahead. They were so strong and graceful as they …
The Dry Years
It’s hot this summer. Too hot. Like hide in the house with the air conditioning on hot. I hate that. I grew up on the East Coast and my memories of summer are of being really hot, really sweaty and really burned out most of the time. As a kid, my frustrated mother used to …
Rainy Day Writing 
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