No matter how life gets me down-because there are thousands of walruses beaching themselves in Alaska, because it’s 78 degrees in October in the northwest, because we are yet again bombing to end terrorism (an oxymoron for sure), because mercury is retrograde and the full moon is eclipsed which invites our shadow selves to come out come out wherever they are- solace is always to be found in my garden. In this morning’s blessedly cool mist, a few little birdies told me that i

As October begins, I know I am mowing my lawn for one of the last times of the year. Once the rains begin in earnest I just let it go till the spring. Today, the sun broke through the clouds in the afternoon so I broke away from writing at my computer to start up the mower and make my way around and around the back yard. Many of my garden beds are curved and the mower can only get so close. Usually I lean down and with my hands I snap off the tops of the tall weeds that escap