by Lauren | Jun 3, 2018 | art, gardening, lessons, writing
My fella: How do you feel? Me: (in pain, in slug pose, melting into couch) Like a dingbat. Fella: Why a dingbat? Me: Because I hurt myself planting a flower. Fella: Well, when you put it like that… True story. This is me today. I’ve been feeling totally... by Lauren | Jun 8, 2016 | gardening, letterpress, writing
What does a binge writer do when she sends her manuscript off to the publisher? First, she wrings her hands for a few minutes, hoping they like it and it doesn’t put her in the dreaded sophomore slump. Then she gardens. Or she tries. Even thought she is... by Lauren | Jun 2, 2016 | art, calendar, gardening
It’s that time again! To download your free desktop calendar, just click on the image below to get the high-resolution image saved to your screen. This month’s drawing was inspired by my sudden case of addictive gardening. I’ve spent the last few... 
by Lauren | Aug 30, 2009 | basil, gardening, herbicide
I thought herbs were supposed to be hearty. Robust. Hard to kill. I brought a pot of basil back to Alabama, thinking that it would, in some small way, bring some life to my apartment. I have no yard, no grass to walk around in barefoot, no tree to sit under. So the...
