How many years have I grown apples without ever eating one? I hope this year breaks the curse. I have…
I Finally Find Birds
It isn’t like I never liked birds, before. I just didn’t find them worth watching, unlike, say, a slowly developing flower…
Escape into the Garden
It seems there is no end to the ugliness in the news this summer. Police brutalizing and killing black people,…
New Paths
One warm-ish day in February I decided that what we really needed was a gravel path between the driveway and…
Wandering Eye
I’ve been looking at houses online. It feels transgressive, a betrayal of my solid and unexciting little house. We’ve been…
Fairy Tale
Some things only come with time. A pergola hung with roses in June is one of them. And under this…
