Letter From the Desert: Milestones

If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have bought that lifetime membership in the California Native Plant Society back when I was 27.

I turned 60 a few days ago, and I’ve been reflecting on a few things. F’rinstance, how unlikely I would once have thought that eventuality. So many people I’ve cared about failed to make it this far. My paternal grandfather. A handful of horticultural friends and colleagues lost to the plague back in the day. Beloveds and dear friends and colleagues los…