Issue 40 "The flower itself is amazing. To our practical, task-oriented minds, it seems unnecessary for it to be so lovely and complicated and sometimes even fragrant, just in order to reproduce. Warthogs, after all, reproduce. I refuse to believe that the honeybee is such an exacting connoisseur as to insist on all the complex wealth of shape and color before it cooperates. No, flowers are extravagant, luxurious, probably immoral, spreading nonessential pleasure, with no respectable reason for being. It's daunting to consider how they do it, too; how they make themselves. Look at the common American wild columbine, sophisticated and intricate as a ballet--if you had to make one with your hands, out of miniature scraps of pink silk, it would take you years and drive you mad, but if you spend a couple of minutes scattering seeds, they'll make you dozens of themselves without batting an eye. Mysterious." --Barbara Holland, "A Waste of Time?" |
80 pages
Contents
"Gardening Barbie"
By Amy Stewart
"Dry Spell"
By Blanche W. Nonken
"The Tale of the Birdfeeder"
By Martine Caselli
" 'Like a Watered Garden' "
By Vigen Guroian
"Why MEN Don't Garden"
By Warren Schultz
"A Waste of Time?"
By Barbara Holland
"Dazzled by Daylilies"
By Elizabeth Bartlett Culp
"Christmas Treasure"
By Juliana Harris
"Back Steps"
By Nancy Beringer
"How Dry WAS It?"
By Mike McGrath
"Winter Bulbs, Spring Hope"
By RaNae Drexler
"A Florid Affair"
By Diana Wells
"The End"
By Barbara Rosen
