Monthly Archives: May 2010
My Secret Garden
My favorite book when I was a child was The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This is my secret garden. Through a wisteria covered gate, you can see the wild garden beyond. The poppies … The peonies … The rhododendron … The irises … My own secret garden
Apologizing to the worms
I apologize to the worms. That is, perhaps, a bizarre thing to do, but I still do it. For Lent in 2009, I gave up eating meat. I had considered doing this for quite some time. I never really liked cooking meat just because I didn’t like handling it. But I still ate meat, even … Continue reading
Camille: A Good Cat
Camille died on April 30, 2010. That was a hard day. She had been ailing for about three years. In her last week of life she barely moved from her sleeping spot, had stopped eating, and wasn’t drinking very much. Even though putting her down seemed like a merciful thing to do, it was still … Continue reading