Category Archives: procrastination

In Praise of Perennials

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Andrea Jones

I regularly lose control of the clock. Hours and even days seep away through pinholes and hairline cracks somewhere in my spacetime continuum. Lately though, I appear to have lost control not only of the clock but also of the … Continue reading →

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Running Late, Right on Time

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Andrea Jones

Annual cycles come in every variety, and my yearly gardening procrastination routine is well underway. Every year, in the doldrums of “spring” promise during March and April, I vow that THIS YEAR I’ll get the garden put together in a … Continue reading →

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The January Plan

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Andrea Jones

I’ve been looking forward to January since November. Back then, I’d realized that the writing project I was working on had gone wildly off course. Although I knew it had made a wrong turn, I didn’t have the time or … Continue reading →

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Losing the Garlic

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Andrea Jones

For the first time in five or six years, I haven’t lost the garlic. I plant it in the fall, breaking a few heads up into individual cloves and digging them in like little bulbs. The garlic bed shifts from … Continue reading →

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