In theory, long summer days plus constraints on activity creates a pocket of calm and reflection and deeper rooting in the world. In reality, it’s a trying time. Small annoyances like a missed email or the farmstand being out of corn loom larger than normal, in part because there is less to look forward […]
Some ideas are easier to accept from plants than from humans. For example, the idea that prickly, painful things can be beautiful and worthy and maybe even beloved. We just need to take a little care, leave a little room. Stop stomping around like it’s all about us. Friends, I’m out in the desert today, […]