by Shannon Anderson | Jul 25, 2016 | My View
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” –Gertrude Jekyll Summer in the Midwest is fleeting. Here it is, July...
by Shannon Anderson | Jun 12, 2014 | My View
Southerners have an identity. They are the land they grew up on. Heat and gnats and flowers and rain live in them. Place defines them. It is as much a part of them as their DNA. They are connected to the land like Scarlet O’Hara was. My own family is the same....
by Shannon Anderson | Jan 22, 2013 | My View
We moved to Wisconsin in early November with the agreement between Bruce and me that I would never have to shovel snow or use the snow blower, an agreement that still stands, by the way. Less than a week after we moved in, it snowed for the first time. Only a couple...