If you read Dispatches From a Scamdemic, you know I’ve painted a dark picture of the past 27 months. While my anger is real, much of is vicarious. I have felt very bad for the many people, especially the young, who have lost two irreplaceable years of normal life due to the media and Democrat Party’s opportunistic fearmongering.
This article is awesome! As a gardener, I appreciate the work you do and understand how therapeutic gardening is. As a human being, I envy the relationships you’ve developed in the garden. I hope you have that photo of you and Woody framed in your house somewhere, with a copy given to him. You’re doing important work there, Mark. Thank you for sharing it.
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The Mexicans’ toughness, resourcefulness and grip on reality sets them apart from fearful, conformist, “educated” but gullible American citizens...
You nailed it. My brother works in construction. He’s unjabbed and has never worn a mask. My best friend is a software developer. He’s triple jabbed but would not let me into his apartment for two years. On paper, my friend is much more intelligent and educated than my brother, but he lost touch with reality somehow.
Mark, I love this story. Like most males, my brain is more visual than auditory--I prefer a map over written directions, pictures over words. Like most of your work that I’ve read, this story, full of love and subtlety and content, reminds me of an early Impressionists’ landscape, where the Greats (maybe Manet? Or early Monet?)were just beginning to soften their sharp lines, just beginning to add a summer haze-like opacity to their backgrounds. Just beautiful work here.
Mark, You are a gifted writer. Your descriptions of people and places are a type of poetic realism. You have your own unique style. The reader, at least this reader almost feels transported to the scene, entering into part of your world.
you're creating the future right now. this is what happens when people choose abundance and hope over cruelty and fear. and realize how beautiful it is that we live in a nation of immigrants who have taken a similar leap of faith and chosen to be fearless.
Beautifully written....thank you! I am speaking to my mayor about having a place like this in our village. I,, too, now 75, live in a 55+ apartment community but was an avid vegetable/flower/herb gardener on my rural "farmette" with chickens, ducks, goats and assorted rescues from NYC (via an underground network). I lived there for 45 years. I miss the daily hours spent tending flora and fauna. Here's hoping the mayor has ears to hear!
Artistic painting with both flora and words. Those marigolds are fabulous! And the portrait of you both is the best. You weave stories that make me want to meet all of those you include and learn their stories as you have. I find joy and passion in plants, especially the wildflowers in our local mountains, and love meeting those who share the joy of God’s creation. Thank you for sharing the abundance with us.
Really beautiful Mark! It is so good to finally see your face, to put a face to the voice with whom we commiserate and are entertained. You paint a lovely, sometimes graphic picture, take us on a virtual tour of your garden, neighborhood and your life.
What an interesting and fulfilling role you play in your community and this on line one.
This has been my favorite offering so far. You are a virtual Mata Hari, a Gypsy Rose Lee, revealing your talents slowly :-)
Jersey Girl here, from Sayreville. My husband is from New Brunswick. We fled for the free state of Florida in January 2021. Thanks for taking us back home for a little while—and also for reminding us why we left. Scamdemic life in Florida was well worth the hassle of uprooting ourselves and everything hubby had ever known (I’d had the prior pleasure of living in Denver for a decade—before it was consumed by “progressives” and fleeing California techies).
Will share this with some fellow Jersey friends—and gardeners!
What a breath of fresh air your article is! A momentary escape from crazy town. The sun is out today, and I’ll be pulling weeds( because I actually enjoy it). Also, it’s very true that you cannot ‘make’ somebody enjoy gardening. I wish I could.
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There I was, Mark, greatly enjoying your piece (as always) when an “Epoch Times”notice barged onto the top of my screen teasing that Pfizer / BioNTech have today requested EUA from the FDA for a “lower dosed” three shot (!!) “vaccination” regimen for children aged 6 mos to 5 years old - the last untapped age group pursued on this wicked, unnecessary shot agenda. Our blessed babies! I switched over and read that disturbing news; feeling the usual rage and sadness, then returned to your sensible, highly entertaining and healing momentary respite from that utter madness.
Time to get my hands dirtier. Thanks for keeping it down to the earth - as in real.
This article is awesome! As a gardener, I appreciate the work you do and understand how therapeutic gardening is. As a human being, I envy the relationships you’ve developed in the garden. I hope you have that photo of you and Woody framed in your house somewhere, with a copy given to him. You’re doing important work there, Mark. Thank you for sharing it.
Amazing piece. Gives me a reprieve from my anger about the last two years.
The Mexicans’ toughness, resourcefulness and grip on reality sets them apart from fearful, conformist, “educated” but gullible American citizens...
You nailed it. My brother works in construction. He’s unjabbed and has never worn a mask. My best friend is a software developer. He’s triple jabbed but would not let me into his apartment for two years. On paper, my friend is much more intelligent and educated than my brother, but he lost touch with reality somehow.
I thoroughly enjoyed your peace.
Mark, I love this story. Like most males, my brain is more visual than auditory--I prefer a map over written directions, pictures over words. Like most of your work that I’ve read, this story, full of love and subtlety and content, reminds me of an early Impressionists’ landscape, where the Greats (maybe Manet? Or early Monet?)were just beginning to soften their sharp lines, just beginning to add a summer haze-like opacity to their backgrounds. Just beautiful work here.
Mark, You are a gifted writer. Your descriptions of people and places are a type of poetic realism. You have your own unique style. The reader, at least this reader almost feels transported to the scene, entering into part of your world.
you're creating the future right now. this is what happens when people choose abundance and hope over cruelty and fear. and realize how beautiful it is that we live in a nation of immigrants who have taken a similar leap of faith and chosen to be fearless.
Beautifully written....thank you! I am speaking to my mayor about having a place like this in our village. I,, too, now 75, live in a 55+ apartment community but was an avid vegetable/flower/herb gardener on my rural "farmette" with chickens, ducks, goats and assorted rescues from NYC (via an underground network). I lived there for 45 years. I miss the daily hours spent tending flora and fauna. Here's hoping the mayor has ears to hear!
Thank you so much for this hope filled story! Garden therapy has saved my sanity during the last two years for sure.
What a lovely essay 🌹🥀
Mark. Reading this piece reminds me of RW Emerson.
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.”
Artistic painting with both flora and words. Those marigolds are fabulous! And the portrait of you both is the best. You weave stories that make me want to meet all of those you include and learn their stories as you have. I find joy and passion in plants, especially the wildflowers in our local mountains, and love meeting those who share the joy of God’s creation. Thank you for sharing the abundance with us.
Really beautiful Mark! It is so good to finally see your face, to put a face to the voice with whom we commiserate and are entertained. You paint a lovely, sometimes graphic picture, take us on a virtual tour of your garden, neighborhood and your life.
What an interesting and fulfilling role you play in your community and this on line one.
This has been my favorite offering so far. You are a virtual Mata Hari, a Gypsy Rose Lee, revealing your talents slowly :-)
Jersey Girl here, from Sayreville. My husband is from New Brunswick. We fled for the free state of Florida in January 2021. Thanks for taking us back home for a little while—and also for reminding us why we left. Scamdemic life in Florida was well worth the hassle of uprooting ourselves and everything hubby had ever known (I’d had the prior pleasure of living in Denver for a decade—before it was consumed by “progressives” and fleeing California techies).
Will share this with some fellow Jersey friends—and gardeners!
What a breath of fresh air your article is! A momentary escape from crazy town. The sun is out today, and I’ll be pulling weeds( because I actually enjoy it). Also, it’s very true that you cannot ‘make’ somebody enjoy gardening. I wish I could.
There I was, Mark, greatly enjoying your piece (as always) when an “Epoch Times”notice barged onto the top of my screen teasing that Pfizer / BioNTech have today requested EUA from the FDA for a “lower dosed” three shot (!!) “vaccination” regimen for children aged 6 mos to 5 years old - the last untapped age group pursued on this wicked, unnecessary shot agenda. Our blessed babies! I switched over and read that disturbing news; feeling the usual rage and sadness, then returned to your sensible, highly entertaining and healing momentary respite from that utter madness.
Time to get my hands dirtier. Thanks for keeping it down to the earth - as in real.