What’s with her?
A truck, a dog, a house on a hill and an improbable garden, half of which grows on a recycled shuffleboard court in straw bales and containers. Marideth Sisco is a retired journalist, author, folksinger, folklorist and Ozarks storyteller. She is the host of the regional public radio series of audio essays, “These Ozarks Hills,” available on line at www.ksmu.org. She is also a veteran gardener, and can get quite cranky about it at times, even when things are going well. However they’re going, she will practice moderation, patience and creative improvisation – all good for the soul. But she doesn’t have to be nice about it.
-m
photo credit; S. Denton, Moonmooring
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Nice photo.
S.
It’s me again, Marideth, and will try not to bother you until the next time.
I was asking if you (Missourians) liked grits and/or okra. I was teasing, but so many of my friends cannot stand each, and also guessing you don’t have to fight red clay while digging in your garden. The potters around here make beautiful “stuff,” out of it. Such fun.
Hope all is well. I am thinking about carving a Barn Owl on my pumpkin.
Margaret
Sarah sure did a great job with your photo. Lovely “impressionistic” back ground.
Margaret
Hey, you’re a gardener? Good gravy, woman. I’d love to hear more about your adventures in that arena, if we can ever find the time. (Ah, yes, and coffee, too.)
I do a website about gardening in the Ozarks that you might find surprising, diverting, or even useful. It doesn’t try to sell anyone anything. It’s one of things you do to give something back, you know?
Gardening became a passion for me back in the mid-70′s. I quit the book-editing biz and started gardening and landscaping for a living, did all right, and eventually edited five of the Ortho Garden Books, which were phenomenally successful because they incorporated some plain old Midwest don’t-waste-my-time common sense.
Later…and by the way, crankiness is always welcome.