planting – Kate Harrington

Weeding

Weeding—to a librarian—means clearing the shelves of battered, or sometimes unread, books to make space for new materials. Weeding—to a gardener—means clearing out unwanted plants to make space for wanted ones. I kept eyeing a plot in our front yard, wanting to go out, clear out the “weeds”, amend the soil, and plant something thatContinue reading “Weeding”

Can we slow down time?

As we grow older, subjective time seems to fly faster and faster. One way to slow that down is to do new things. Experiencing something for the first time, like we do in childhood, has (or is supposed to have) a slowing down effect. Last week I mentioned an idea of trying something new, orContinue reading “Can we slow down time?”