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Ripening
“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” Galileo
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Don’t Leave Home Without Them
“I think, on a personal level, everybody, when you go through the checkout line after you get your groceries and they say, “Paper or plastic?” we should be saying “neither one.” We should…
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“Wonders and Realities”
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.” Rachel Carson
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Peach Season
…From laden boughs, from hands, from sweet fellowship in the bins, comes nectar at the roadside, succulent peaches we devour, dusty skin and all, comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat.…
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Wild and Giving
“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.” Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Catching Up
“The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.” Michael Pollan
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Appointment Viewing
“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty, if only we have the eyes to see them.” John Ruskin
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Beyond Straws
“Plastic will be the main ingredient of all our grandchildren’s recipes.” Anthony T. Hincks
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The Veggies of Our Labor
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” May Sarton
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Stove-Up
The Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of stove up: suffering physical discomfort caused by injury, illness, exercise or overwork: BATTERED, WORN-OUT My stove…is stove-up!
