We’ll Always Have Paris


Red Rose

These days, I find that I need a garden more than ever. It’s the one place that makes sense to me on days that no longer make sense. It’s the one place where I can find comfort on those days when I’m overwhelmingly sad — and these are those days.

Paris. Mali. Beirut. Kenya. Syria. A barren stretch of the Egyptian desert.

These days, there is so much sadness — and I find myself wondering: what is it with humans? I mean, I understand my plants, but I really don’t get people.

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When Life Gives You Coconuts. . .


Coconuts

If it’s one thing I have plenty of, it’s coconuts. In my tiny yard, there are 12 coconut-producing palms — and because coconut palms are always producing coconuts, you could say that I have a lovely and large bunch of them.

But when is a coconut not a coconut?

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