It turns out the best way for me to keep my head in the clouds is to shove my hands in the dirt. I went back to the farm for the first time this year, and now everything is coming up rosemary. The spring crept up on me, which is … unusual. I stay remarkably […]
Continue readingTrying to over-winter a mediterranean plant in New England reminds me—not just in gardening—that it’s usually better to take the time to do something the right way. My fingertips smell of rosemary and lavender. Product of the waiting? Of high aspirations? An excuse to keep them from being idle? They’re restless—aching to work. But when […]
Continue readingLast week in the city of Boston, a theft was committed. No one was physically injured, and it wasn’t reported to the police. Most would call it a victimless crime, and the perpetrator probably had good intentions. Furthermore, even if the offender could be caught, the case would never see the inside of a courtroom, […]
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