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A review by jjp723
The Backyard Parables: Lessons on Gardening, and Life by Margaret Roach
5.0
Absolutely wonderful. While I enjoyed And I Shall Find Some Peace There, I really loved this one. Lots of thoughts on life and death and why we love what we love and do what we do, interspersed with practical advice about gardening and cooking and taking care of the birds who visit your yard and all of the beautiful Latin botanical names. Very highly recommended.
*The idea, he's been reteaching over and over again the last two weeks in an emergency refresher course: Erase the evidence of disaster, and start imagining what you will put in the gaping places. That is of course a much better and saner view of all living landscapes, including our interior ones, than to hold on to the empty ache of disappointment and have to stare it in the face.*
*I find comfort here in my temple, in its reassuring monotony (think: "watching grass grow" or the way that a spring follows each winter, and a summer surfaces after that). I find exhilaration - a reminder I am alive, but in that "waiting for another shoe to drop" way - in its times of total madness, in the unexpected and often unwanted dramas that it lays at my doorstep. I have been privileged to attend many births here, of new seasons, new crops, new creatures, and also many deaths.*
*...Nature looks out for those she loves, and who love her. Look again, dig as deep as you can, moving aside the occasional rocks; reap all she has to offer.*
*The idea, he's been reteaching over and over again the last two weeks in an emergency refresher course: Erase the evidence of disaster, and start imagining what you will put in the gaping places. That is of course a much better and saner view of all living landscapes, including our interior ones, than to hold on to the empty ache of disappointment and have to stare it in the face.*
*I find comfort here in my temple, in its reassuring monotony (think: "watching grass grow" or the way that a spring follows each winter, and a summer surfaces after that). I find exhilaration - a reminder I am alive, but in that "waiting for another shoe to drop" way - in its times of total madness, in the unexpected and often unwanted dramas that it lays at my doorstep. I have been privileged to attend many births here, of new seasons, new crops, new creatures, and also many deaths.*
*...Nature looks out for those she loves, and who love her. Look again, dig as deep as you can, moving aside the occasional rocks; reap all she has to offer.*