Bagged Fruit
It should have fallen to that slanted ground and rolled downhill or been snatched by the eager hand of a...
Plants
The Cucumber Tree of Steam Mill Road
I was delighted to find, walking in the midst of a million orange brown leaves fallen on the floor of...
Asters That Seemed An End
I remember the feeling that I was walking through the very last days of warmth and light when I came...
In The Long Grass
The American landscape, in true Christian fashion, is kept closely cropped, uniform in appearance. Grass grown long and brown is...
The Succulent Growth
At the side of the driveway, its round waxy leaves provide a low border between pavement and the rough bark...
The Soil Is Alive
I used to believe in dirt. I thought that the ground was literally just ground down rocks mixed up with...
December Green
In my memories the disappointingly green Decembers began in 1980, with wet grass soaking socks and no snow to play...
Seeding
The pharmacy, as an act of community service during the pandemic, discounted the Ferry-Morse packets of vegetable seed down to...
Open Ground
Ordinarily, it's covered up with a carpet of green, a lawn that we fastidiously maintain. Underneath it all, however, there's...
Windblown
Under the lilac, whose plum-colored blooms had long since fallen away, the grass fell long in a single direction, set...
