Peregrinations Many Saturdays I have the job of keeping the six and three year olds from causing irreprable harm to themselves or others. So far I have succeeded. I usually try to find other children of similar ages and pen them up together with plastic bags and other...
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How could you not love a plant named skunk cabbage? It’s one of the first flowers of spring and the blatant eroticism of the spadix and spathe would make Georgia O’Keefe blush — perhaps it did picture of flower from the online? It’s an arum, so...Planning
Planning overhead picture of garden Good planning=good gardening Good fences=Good neighbors Practice=way to Carnegie hall I’ve been lax on planning. I’d much rather be standing in the garden than drawing a picture of it. For me this is even true when the...Cross cycling
A house near me is getting the architectural equivalent of a boob job and botox: vinyl siding. It’s also getting new more efficient windows; that’s probably more like a gym membership. It does look a lot nicer though: it’s all gleamy and has plump...Orchids
I don’t think people’s passion for orchids can be overstated (c.f. adaptation). I do not collect orchids; in fact I own no orchids, but they do thrill me somewhere outside of the concious mind. This week’s New Yorker features an article by Jonathan...E-Edition
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