A lovely book that you can read in an afternoon.
I was pulled into the book so early on! “I am a dabbler,” Donna tells us right up front. I am also a dabbler. so I knew immediately I had found a kindred soul in the pages of this book.
Donna discusses the ways we talk ourselves out of doing that which we want to do. In this case, it was gardening: skin too fair = sunburns. And the dirt! And the bugs! Oh wait, maybe that’s me, no her. The stories mesh so well with my own stories that I tell myself. The decision about tomatoes: To cage, or not to cage? That is the question! (Full disclosure: This year I decided NOT to cage, and the tomatoes are literally climbing out of their raised bed and are making their way across the yard. At this point, I am not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing … )
My favorite quote from this book is one that I say myself over and over in my own life:
“…I had no idea where to start. I turned to my lifelong friends: books.”
I love how Donna uses gardening as a metaphor for life. You will, too.
P.S. I almost always forget to water my plants, too. Good thing my husbands green thumb outshines my own black thumb.
Karen Creamer
