Longer reflections on patience, attention and living alongside slow things.
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Every January I built an elaborate system for becoming a better person. Every February it was dead. Here’s the tiny, almost embarrassing habit that finally lasted, and what a garden taught me about designing it.
A novel about trees rearranged how I think about time, effort and the long game of gardening. Thoughts after finishing Richard Powers’s Pulitzer-winning book, and a few reservations.
