About Carmen

Storyteller, Coconut’s Mom, Reluctant Gardener at Wag Away Publishing and Publisher of the Wag Away Tales Series at Wag Away Publishing

No Gardening Mistakes

By |2024-07-16T10:22:47-05:00June 13, 2024|

We have this neighbor who doesn't weed. At least he mows. Sort of. For a few years I called the management company and asked nicely if they could do something about the burdock and dames rocket and five-foot-high thistle grove. The creeping belle flower and ditch lilies and all other sorts of horribleness are on my fence line. Once a year when things tower [...]

Rain

By |2024-06-12T09:55:39-05:00June 12, 2024|

When I was growing up I loved when it rained. Rain meant no banishment to the outdoors in the ridiculously hot summers to play baseball on the dirt. I wasn't very good and I'm not kidding when I said the field was dirt. Staying inside meant I could go up to my bottom bunk in the bedroom I shared with my sisters and I [...]

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