Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Like the child who planted it, our pepper plant has moments of glorious triumph. It rises from unconventional roots, stretched surprisingly deep against a cement floor. Peppers are meant to be seasonal fruit, but this one weathers all kinds of storms with a stubbornness that both impresses and confounds. Last year, we thought it had [...]
The flowers have been among the first to return. Fragile only in appearance, they pushed their way through dusty rock and wrapped their vines around charred branches. Delicate flowers form deep roots and, sometimes, the most beautiful things in our ecosystem are also the most reliable. I thought about that often this weekend as I [...]