I lost her. It’s not all that uncommon these days for me to misplace things, but my grandmother in her grave?! My suspicious hairs got...

We’ve turned the corner; summer is half-over and this year’s garden knows it. The hopes and plans that were born last winter and spring...

What a show! Our peas have outdone themselves this year. The 4-foot trellis I bought for them proved to be too short, but the peas didn’t...

A syncopated beat pipes through tiled walls. The city is still asleep. Only a few souls have made it to the coffeehouse. Seated across...

Knees are not my strong suit. I had an accident in my twenties that resulted in partial meniscus removal and, while I’m still able to use...

Can you taste the South? A burst of citrus wrapped in sugary sweetness with just a hint of honey-salt to finish; her Lemon Sunshine...

There are bad mulch jobs and then there are bad mulch jobs. Just because I’m not a fan of red mulch (a N.Y. favorite) or big pine bark...

They say a ‘watched’ pot takes longer to boil and I guess the same could be said of a watched seedling. Many a May I have found myself...

Walking the arc of the water’s edge, beneath the boughs of glorious soft pink blossoms - mirrored in the water and framed in the clear...

I grew up Catholic – the American suburban variety where we went to church on Sundays – sometimes - said grace before dinner and loved to...