Filled with wisdom and joy. How fun to see your grandson dance!
Feel like we all can dance and laugh a bit now with Kamala in the race and energy shifting positively.
I love that she laughs.
Thank you, H2O Man.

Nice.

The shift in energy is so encouraging! There is renewed strength in our party, and it spills over into other areas of life. I like seeing people being positive and laughing. And I have to admit that I enjoy seeing our opposition recognizing that we are going to beat them come November.

Decades ago, I used to help an old man who knew every "weed" out there. He was originally from the Black Hills, but had lived here long enough to know what grew here, and what it can be used for. He lived largely off the land, but made some money working with leather and doing odd jobs. He lived in a tipi, until some drunk teenagers destroyed the lodge and stole a lot of his belongings.

After that, he spent some time in an apartment. He was miserable there. The last time I saw him, his health was failing, and he was heading out to the land of his birth to die. I think about him while working in my herb garden.

I always love your Thoreau-like musings.

I am pulling some weeds bits at a time and fertilizing some. I am loving the energy we're getting with the Kamala campaign.

Have fun with your adorable grandson and teach him how to dance in the garden!

I just got off the phone with an old friend, who was recently released from the hospital. We talked about gardening. He is no longer physically able to garden, and misses it. He had been among the top wrestlers in the country while in college, so we also talked about his matches and my boxing. Being old can be fun ..... though young people likely think we set the bar kind of low!

I'm going to hang out with my grandson tomorrow, too. He is so much like his father!

Thank you. I hope it’s ok with you if I share this? It hits all the right notes, especially for us gardeners, and is helpful, too, for people with a narrower perspective, whether in terms of issues or time. Really one of your best, and I admire every word of every one of your posts.

I am honored that you would think this is worth sharing. So thank you!

One of the things I love about gardening is it keeps me in touch with cycles. I've been thinking about cycles lately. When my daughter got married in June, I did the ceremony. (I can do weddings in this state, and had done my son's a few months before.) My daughter & son-in-law had picked a sacred site that people had visited for at least 10,000 years. In part, I spoke about cycles, as my daughter will give birth to my granddaughter soon. Nothing on Earth makes me happier.