Issue 54 "I hate Aesop. 'The Grasshopper and the Ants' is a loathsome story. You all remember it: the endearing grasshopper sings and dances all summer long, basking in the sun and admiring the flowers, while the ants, curmudgeonly myrmidons, trudge around in lockstep with their eyes on the ground, picking up crumbs. Winter comes and the grasshopper, frozen and starving, shows up on the ants' doorstep, begging for food. The ants shut the door in his face, explaining self-righteously that those who frivol their time away deserve what they get. I like the grasshopper." --Becky Rupp, "Because Winter Is Gray" |
80 pages
Contents
"Morning Phone Call"
By Martine Caselli
"Because Winter Is Gray"
By Becky Rupp
"The Blackberry (Picking) Bug"
By Sandra C. Dendy
"Haiku in the Garden"
By Naomi Beth Wakan
" 'Sod it!' "
By Maggie Head Meehan
"A Fish Called Hope"
By Linda R. Bell
"Interview with the Slug King"
By Jeff Taylor
"Gardening Au Naturel"
By Pat Stone
"Led Down the Garden Path"
By Joan Sullivan
"The Rose That Rose"
By Becky Christie
"My Apartment Garden"
By Dawn Leonard Waas
"Garden of Understanding"
By Pat Munts
"My shocking TRUE Story!"
By Mike McGrath
"Happy Birthday, Pop!"
By Cathy Offerman
"Reflections of the Garden"
By Diana Wells
"A Simple Act of Kindness"
By Glenda L. Emigh
