I've been working for a week on a piece for public consumption that isn't coming together, for whatever reasons.  At this point I'm frustrated and discouraged, two feelings I abhor.  So maybe it's ti…

During a recent nursery visit to replace trees and plants lost to the western Kansas drought and heat, the greenhouse owner snapped off a king-sized rose bloom and handed it to me, and magically, as …

If your birth year falls anywhere near mine, you probably heard your parents say at least once, “Shut the door, were you raised in a barn?”  Grown-ups saw it as a clever way to grab a child’s attenti…

It's a Thursday afternoon.  Three PM.  Isn't there something pressing I should be concerned with?  Some deadline that awaits my attention?  A task that requires my immediate and dedicated time and en…