Wow! That was a busy, busy week. The academic workplace demands such a change of energy to move from research, reading, and coursework prep into active teaching mode. And the beginning of term, creating a…
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I can already tell posting will be light over the next week or so as I adjust to getting myself on campus four days a week. Besides an abundance of “contact” hours this term, the…
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How ironic that having waited summer after summer after summer for close to a decade for this Acanthus mollis to bloom, disappointed every year that the dramatic foliage didn’t reveal any of the bear-breeched stalks,…
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I know that’s a rather confusing photo above — what I’m trying to show you is the flower plume on a miscanthus grass in my garden. See there, below, the vertical pluming line at about…
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An August garden is seldom, according to most gardeners, as attractive as a June garden. This is especially so after weeks and weeks with almost no rain. But some stalwarts continue to bloom, particularly this…
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