Tag: grow your own strawberry patch

  • Oregano A Go-Go

    Oregano A Go-Go

    Sunday evening, last day of May. A male cardinal and a gray catbird are having a sing-off in the back of the yard. (Earlier this week I heard a brand-new, very distinctive bird: Swainson’s thrush.) It’s 71 degrees and the sun has just slipped below the skyline to my right, at 8:30 pm. Someone (maybe…

  • Maybe I’m Not Mad Anymore?

    Maybe I’m Not Mad Anymore?

    I think some of the anger that’s been propelling me along these past couple months has fizzled out. Maybe it’s harder to be angry when the weather is nice and everything’s green. Maybe I just couldn’t stay mad forever. I still think the president is a malevolent moron and I’m worried about the rest of…