Laurence Dallaserra on How to Build a Compost Pile. As an organic gardener, I understand the benefit of garden composting. Compost helps the soil by allowing it to hold more nutrients and water and feeds the earthworms that support plants. Additionally, composting helps me recycle household waste, including vegetable peelings, eggshells, garden cuttings, coffee grounds, and tea leaves. Building a compost pile is easy, as well.

New book thinking about a set of new paintings. Pile of logs in France. Cheese fondue as depicted in Asterix. I wondered when skiing whether it is a stigma to write poems in the social ski scene, and a stigma to write poems about skiing in the poetry scene. In the cold, cold canyon there are layers of rock;. Some are gneiss, some are not. 2006, in situ at the house of dear friends Tom and Cathy.

My work in flowers started as a fluke. To my surprise, the evanescence of flowers has become something that I love about them. I find their impermanence poetic a reminder of the fleeting nature of existence itself. They remind us to stay present and live life fully. They remind us to appreciate the here and now. This blog is an outlet for those projects. Thoughts on the book itself and a.