Tag: Spain
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A Dream Garden: When I first met mine…
Antiquo jardín del Alcázar de Sevilla (Joaquín Sorolla), 1908. Writers, dreamers, poets and artists have thought long and hard about gardens for centuries—and so have the more religious and practical among us. At least I imagine they have because I’ve studied such things, but I’m far from certain. So often nowadays I find that these real…
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Seeds of Inspiration, Plant Veneration, Pits and Poetry
Some palm-like plants I’ve grown from seed. They are looking kind of sad. While eating a date today for breakfast, out of concern for my teeth, I bit into it carefully. I’d noticed a small chip in my tooth recently, so I sat wondering if it had been a seed pit from my last package…