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  Fiona, the sentry guard dragon Last year, I spent my gardening budget on installing the native garden, the plants and all the fixin's,...

Garden Notes This week's star native is evening primrose. The particular species I planted last year is  Oenothera howardii ( Howard...

  Rocky Mt Penstemon in the Native Garden Garden Notes The June-gloom that started the month meant lots of rain for the emerging garden. Her...

 I just finished two books that deal directly with slavery--both were gut wrenching, powerful, and left me angry that we are still fighting ...

I just finished H.W. Brands' wonderful bio of U.S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, the top general of the Union Army, an...

 Nothing like a couple of flights to get some great books read. Here's what I've been reading. Pigs in Heaven , by Barbara Kingsolve...

  Even though Spring has sprung in Colorado, a week-long trip to central California was an absolute horticultural extravaganza. I've bee...

Recently, a childhood friend and neighbor reached across cyberspace to reconnect with me. She is older than me and was friends with one of m...

Where does the snow end and the blossoms begin? Here's a trio of books that I recently read and enjoyed as the fickle Colorado weather p...

I really enjoy Barbara Kingsolver's books, but I didn't start reading her until I fell in love with Prodigal Summer , published in ...