Chocolate Chip Cookies
Testing as Distraction When my mind needs a distraction from all things landscape, I bake. After my spouse’s recent trip to Costco, I...
top of page
TELCS
1 min read
Bloom & Plume: Embracing individuality
I needed this...we collectively need this...a Southern California floral designer, Maurice Harris, who successfully taps into his...
18 views0 comments
2 min read
When the Ahwahnee Hotel was Briefly Mid-Century Modern
Postcards, a rarity within today’s electronic immediacy, offer an opportunity to see history in ways that may not be caught in websites...
106 views0 comments
2 min read
Thomas Jefferson and the Corona Virus
If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he would ask, “Haven’t we learned anything about the proliferation of disease?” In his time,...
15 views0 comments
4 min read
Eden Revisited
The bucket list of Northern California public and quasi-public gardens. Motivated by 1993's Visiting Eden, by Joan Chatfield Taylor and...
18 views0 comments
2 min read
Quote Capture: Celia Thaxter
On weeds, men, and the California Poppy: Weeds and Men: Mrs. Gatty (the mother of that beautiful woman, Juliana Horatia Ewing, who has so...
14 views0 comments
4 min read
Quote Capture: Frederick Law Olmsted
Before Olmsted designed Central Park or became America's first landscape architect. Twelve years after Texas statehood, Frederick Law...
19 views0 comments
2 min read
Because It's Overdue: Joining the Plastic Free July Challenge
This is how I started my Plastic Free July challenge, shopping. My Jeep is kept stuffed with reusable grocery bags, yet so many times I...
14 views0 comments
5 min read
Hummel Girl
How a fragile object reveals my family’s tragedy and perseverance Our family’s material culture fits in a shoe box. A mason’s bible,...
16 views0 comments
2 min read
Before Breaking Bread
Baking makes me feel human. It always has because the first person in my life who helped me feel whole was our neighbor, who invited me...
18 views0 comments
3 min read
Rethinking Plastic Waste
A mother's practice becomes a son's career and personal choice When after my mother past away and emptying out her home became necessary,...
8 views0 comments
1 min read
Making a Front Yard into a Welcoming Entry Garden
The Welcoming Garden: Designing Your Own Front Garden, by Gordon Hayward There are some books that stick with me, and The Welcoming...
17 views0 comments
bottom of page