"Though a life of retreat offers various joys,
none, I think, will compare with the time one employs
in the study of herbs, or in striving to gain
some practical knowledge of nature's domain.
Get a garden! What kind you get matters not."
Walafrid-Strabo, Hortulus,
Latin Manuscript, Ninth Century
from A Monastic Year, Brother Victor-Antoine D'Avila-Latourrette
Bee and Borage, San Leandro, April, 2017
I did indeed work in my garden this afternoon. Alas, my garden is not quite as composed as my neighbor's. I have been pausing by her front garden for years, and I am grateful.
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