SOCIAL BOTANY   politics is the authoritative allocation of values in society David Easton   Our nasturtiums, jalapeños, radishes would morph more savory were politics master gardening. Patient curious egos know temperate watering, care with weeds and pests, fertilizers, how best to harvest our […]

  My mother had A garden             She tended it in old deck shoes covered in mud             Supervising her rows in cut offs and a canary bright halter top             The family dog trotted dutifully behind her down the rows of […]

YAM For those who love the earth The yam is a surprise– Versatile starch and tuber. A treasure beyond the red soil, The soul of earth Buried deep within Folds of mud and silt Clinging to her with a million fibrous nerves Feeding on water […]