This is the first time in a long time that we have moved to a new home without a single plant from our previous garden. We’ve driven herbs and flowers on all-day drives from Connecticut to Ohio. We started a garden from scratch in Connecticut from our garden in Vermont. And our family in Vermont […]
I’m not dominating the world and you can, too
Garlic is what I have to grow more than anything else in my garden because it provides a desperately needed, ever present, year-round lesson that I can’t find anywhere else. This fall I embraced the pure chaos of gardening with my small children in order to put the garlic in. The one-year-old chewed on the […]
The alternative to controlling my children
By the second week of vacation, I had long given up on sleeping in – much less sleeping through the night. Up at 6:00 am one morning, I just needed to keep our one-year-old occupied for an hour while my wife’s family slept. How hard could that be? He banged everything he could find on […]
Why we avoid self-reflection, even though it’s good for us
You don’t have to be determined to avoid self-reflection these days. Most of us carry app-filled smart phones in our pockets to provide constant stimulation and distraction. Binge-watching shows on Netflix, social media, and even books all offer a ready escape from being alone with ourselves. Podcasts were my favorite way to avoid self-reflection until […]