August is not my favorite month, even though it’s when I was born. Often, I think of my dear mom in her final days of pregnancy in a sweltering Dallas apartment without air conditioning. I figure that if she made it through that, I can handle anything! This year, I get to experience birth of | read more →

Although shrimp cocktail’s a treat any time, it’s especially refreshing when mind-numbing heat calls for something cool. A shrimp look-alike that we can’t douse in cocktail sauce is golden shrimp plant that gleefully greets each smothering day from its patio container. Zoom meeting plant style! This one’s Pachystachys lutea, a native of Peru, and beloved | read more →