Have you ever found yourself trudging up your front steps, arms bulging with groceries, and suddenly pondering …
Just how do those picturesque rural women in faraway countries glide over the open ground with loads every bit as bulky on their heads?
Have you ever found yourself trudging up your front steps, arms bulging with groceries, and suddenly pondering …
Just how do those picturesque rural women in faraway countries glide over the open ground with loads every bit as bulky on their heads?
(From Karen in Southern California.)
Last fall, your son Brian gave me a head of heirloom garlic to plant that he said you are trying to bring back from near extinction, and I wanted to report how it is going here in Southern California. I put the head of garlic in the fridge for a few months because I do not have a yearly chill to the extent that you have in Idaho. Once the days started to get longer (daylight savings time), I planted them …
Our bed & breakfast summer intern, Erin (looking a bit like Rosie the Riveter), with her white headband …

I can’t wait for my 4,000+ Sweet Lena Iris to bloom. The little buds are thinking about opening their faces to the sun …