Tag: family

  • Happy Saint Patrick’s Day—from a Gardener Lost in the Irish-American Diaspora

    Happy Saint Patrick’s Day—from a Gardener Lost in the Irish-American Diaspora

    The most popular post ever written on this blog is Fête de la Saint-Fiacre—and a prayer too. You likely never read it, but thousands of folks have since it was written in 2013. I wrote it for the saint’s feast day, and it was posted just a few days before I was married for the…

  • Our Garden Home After 1 Month Away

    It’s always nice to come home. Normally I would have freaked out at the mess in the garden and all the work I needed to do but one month in Italy has performed its magic. My Italian side still has nothing but positive, wonderful, and charming things to say about the place. “Look at all…