It was my Grandmother who somehow inadvertently taught me that there was a relationship between the plant and a caretaker. That if you watered something and paid attention to it, it would grow. Even flourish. Mind you I don’t have any recollection of my Grandmother ever gardening. The sheer suggestion that my Grandmother would ever […]
Posted on November 13th, 2007 by Kathryn
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Welcome to my back door. That’s Ruby looking back over her shoulder and Conner anticipating going inside. That grey door is now covered with MUD. As in muddy pawprints. As in, “Hey, it’s raining! Let us in!” And in they come and immediately they jump into the tub in the extra loo and have their […]
Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Kathryn
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Will I have to go alone like the flowers that perish? Will nothing remain of my name? Nothing of my fame here on earth? At least my flowers, at least my songs! Ayocuan Cuetzpaltzin, 15th C. Aztec poet As our days shorten, and our nights lengthen, the energies of our garden recede for winter and […]
Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Kathryn
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