A Merwin Moment
This isn’t a post about books but about broccoli. At least it begins with broccoli. If you’re a gardener on the East Coast of the United States, you’re likely to be harvesting some broccoli around now. We had a good, early harvest from our community-garden plot this year (no thanks to the produce thieves who helped themselves to a couple of heads, but that’s another story). This past weekend, I was going to pull up the broccoli that had done producing and plant some warm-weather lovers—tomatoes, peppers. As I was about to uproot one of the plants slated for… Read more...