The best part about having a native garden is that you don’t HAVE to tend to it. Or blog about it. You can just go on about your life and…
Having a Voice
March 28, 2026 was a great day for gathering with like-minded people who are unhappy with what is going on in the current U.S. Government administration. I was surrounded by…
Native Garden – 1 Year Later
It’s been just about a year since we planted our front yard native garden. During the winter, the plants looked like they weren’t going to make it. But with the…
Grass to Native Garden – Last Day
Today we got to see the fruits of our planning effort. When setting out the plants we bought yesterday, we realized we needed a few more to fill out the…
Grass to Native Garden – Day 3
The title says Day 3, but it’s really been 3 weeks since the last work was done. These things take time. Actually, before today, Kenny felt that there might be…
Grass to Native Garden – Day 2
If you are following along, this is day 2 of transforming a grass lawn into a native Southern California garden. Today was about removing soil to get ready for sheet…
Grass to Native Garden – Day 1
Considering we live in Southern California and our water situation is getting tight, I thought it might be a good idea to look into replacing our small front lawn with…
Revisting Robert Edwards
From January 25, 1998 to April 11, 1990, I went to a little studio at 5554 Mammoth Ave. in Sherman Oaks, CA once every 2 weeks or so to have…
You Are All I’ll Ever Need
I have had the good fortune to have wonderful in-laws. Not only were they were helpful and supportive without being intrusive in any way, they set an excellent example for…
Let Me Go
There are probably few things as painful as the un-mutual end of a relationship. I s’pose you could say that things play out the way they’re meant to, but that…