Miss Mully’s Garden
My landscape may be unfinished — but what in life is not?
Tag: Jim Dodson
The Death of a Green Dragon
A gardener’s fondness for his Japanese maple becomes a bittersweet reminder of life’s impermanence.
Kid of Wonder: Keeping My Child’s Heart
I need to remember to hold my eyes and heart open to the wonder of the world — just as my father did
Simple Gifts
For this writer, it seems that the secret to the good life is that less is more
The Winter Woods
Among the bare-branched trees, writes Jim Dodson, nature speaks my favorite language.
Becoming My Father… and Luckily, his Father, too
Church hymns, flannel shirts and briar pipes—I share today’s simple pleasures with the generations before me. by Jim Dodson A dear friend I hadn’t seen in far too long and I were having lunch outdoors, safely distanced. She sipped her…