Month: January 2020
Goldie
Goldie, the hen who thinks she is a dog, takes no notice of the checkered rooster, scratches her hidden ear with a stiff tripod foot. Cartilaginous corona jiggles stiffly, necorations… Read more »
Cucumber Birthday
Today is Wednesday, the birth day of the cucumbers. Under the netting I see the jade green cotyledons, moist from morning dew, preparing to unfold by afternoon. Born from a… Read more »
Consider the Sunflowers
Hurtling down the highway encased in Volvo and rock n’roll, plucked from the slowly blossoming morning in a sunny garden by urgent appointments ticking impatiently in the coastal fog, I… Read more »
Autumn Soup
I don’t want to drive to the city, march with thousands, listen to speeches, hold a cardboard sign, be on one side or another, feel excited, feel angry, feel righteous,… Read more »
And Yet
Once again the town breathes hot and arid panting at the base of a California mountain range that runs from west to east. We pride ourselves on a canopy of… Read more »
A Poem for Tinker’s Trail – born ?, died 1978
Turning the corner of the new road where earth rose and swelled in other shapes last time I came, I see that someone else has recognized the beauty of the… Read more »
Apples in the Grass, Alas
September… Help! Stop! The season is passing too fast to notice everything. It’s only mid-August as I write this, but summer is aging especially quickly this year since spring rains… Read more »
“Rosmarinus and Lavandula” by Alan Chadwick
In the days when man lived in balance he was watched over and guided by the stars. And at a certain period it was observed that man was beginning… Read more »
Reflections of the Med-fly: Time for Common Sense, plus Tips for the September Garden
At Camp Joy this summer, since we haven’t been allowed to move any fruit or other host crops from our property, we have delved deeply into every piece of fruit… Read more »
Preserving is Beautiful
October 1981 Often people have summed up their summer’s garden experience to me, saying that even if one did not add in the hours of labor, they hardly would have… Read more »