Many of you know that I write stories about the experience of aging (with the garden as a metaphor.) What a great job! Sometimes it is sad. But it is never dull. I look at aging as a kind of pilgrimage into a foreign land with no visa. Yesterday, I happened upon … [Read more...]
Now available in Print! “The Beet Goes On”
A perfect 5" by 7" Gift Book especially designed for best friends, for family, for your favorite gardener or dog lover. ********** ********** ********** ********** ********* "It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone … [Read more...]
Fly and her farm family
The Fabulous Fly and her farm family For anyone who hasn't heard, we are having a brutal fire season in the Pacific Northwest. I’m writing on a day when the smoke is filling the air and we hear that 12,000 acres of land have already been burned in the forests of eastern … [Read more...]
Rome: Homage to a Teacher
Excerpt from Homage: honoring a teacher I don’t know why I was drawn to her that day in Rome, over thirty years ago. She was eighty-three years old. I was thirty-two. We were from different worlds, with nothing apparent in common, but I wanted something deeper from my experience … [Read more...]
Spring? Update on Book
Every Autumn I plant bulbs like crazy—I'm partial to Parrot Tulips—so the typically cold and rainy Portland spring will give me glorious color. It's been so warm—really warm—that the bulbs are coming up early. Here is a little color for you friends on the east coast who are … [Read more...]