The State of Texas has just announced that due to COVID-19 the State Fair is cancelled this year. What? It’s not fair, I hear myself whining. I don’t like that whiney voice inside of me. I shut her up immediately. Of course, it’s fair. Despite all the people who won’t get to enjoy the annual event, all the kids …
When pain gets in the way of a garden project you are working on it’s frustrating. You feel upset as a result. You feel powerless and not in control. Pain is an abusive partner in this relationship when viewed this way. Blaming pain gives it power over us When the actions of pain control your …
I can hear Cher’s voice warbling those words. That song is stuck in my head today, as I look at my skin and chastise myself for not wearing sunscreen in my youth. How could I be so stupid? I was an agronomy major working for the University Agricultural Experimental Lab. Grad students set up test …