“Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the birds in my backyard. I also take lots of walks, do yoga and talk my husband into taking me out to dinner as often as possible.” WritingWellsWalksWatchesHusbandBirdYogaGardenDinnerMy HusbandConsumingBackyardsQuilters Author:Kirby Larson
“I had looked forward to old age as a time of quietness, a time to draw my horizons about me, to watch memories ripening in the sunlight of a walled garden. But there is the void over my head and the distance within that the tireless signals come from. And astronaut on impossible journeys to the far side of the self I return with messages I cannot decipher.” SelfAgeSidesMemoriesWatchesImpossibleJourneyReturnMessagesDrawsGardenDistanceOld AgeHorizonVoidSunlightSignalsAstronautQuietnessWatch MeDecipherRipeningFar Side Author:R. S. Thomas
“If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.” IfsWayHandsWatchesGardenRight WayShovels Author:Janet Macunovich