Oh, I wanted to cut a stargazer lily, I thought. When I came in from my walk, I was distracted by the weeds. In the crushed granite path through our wild backyard, the pursulane was thick. I’d been distracted by pulling it and carefully laying it on the bricks so it would dry out and …
Author Archives: Karen
A Warped Board
A 10 foot piece of pine, almost 2 inches thick by 8 inches wide, lay diagonally across the edge of the fenced in yard, wide side lying half against the grass, half anchoring the edge of a triangular piece of landscape material. Killing the grass in preparation for planting a garden spot, the broad board …
In the Company of Joggers
I’m not a jogger. And yet, in Wheaton a few weeks ago, I walked among them. At a conference at Wheaton College, I took my early morning walk just northeast of downtown, among many splendid homes. Enjoying the unusual shrubbery around one such house, I heard a voice behind me: "on your right." A bit …