I was in rural Georgia this past weekend visiting family and they had seeds starting under grow lights, cool weather sprouts coming up in the tilled land outside and seed catalogs galore to thumb through. I haven't grown vegetables in my garden in about six years. I burned out one summer through a combination of… Continue reading Springtime Magical Thinking
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Garden Inspiration and Being Shallow
The struggle I have with my job crops up every now and again when the rest of the world or the country feels like it's in a crisis. You could say to me, Laura, there's always a crisis and I will agree with you, but I am somewhat shallow and I like to have my… Continue reading Garden Inspiration and Being Shallow
The Scent of a Primrose
Every year, around this time, I have a scent memory that comes to me unbidden. It's an odd memory in that it's not from anything extreme. You always read about someone having negative experiences and certain smells trigger them, but this is a memory of something fairly mundane that comes to me every single year… Continue reading The Scent of a Primrose