remembrance – The Trials and Tribulations of an Urban Farmer

Sowing Poppies for Wally, John, Ben and Jean

11 Nov 202015 Nov 2020

Originally posted in November 2019, I share again. To the names, I add Ben, another brother of Wally and John, who I recently learned was also a veteran. We will…

The Daffodils Bloom

26 Apr 202026 Apr 2020

Spring and hope are not cancelled. The daffodils bloom. David died two years and a half years ago of lung cancer. He was a nurturer and landscaper and it showed.…

Sowing Poppies for Wally, John and Jean

3 Nov 201923 Feb 2020

Wally and John My Mom always made sure I had some quarters to put in the box at school on Poppy Day. Though I had never seen a real poppy,…