Flowers wherever you are, keep our wayward species alive & full of grace!

In my dreams and nightmares, I keep coming back to those eight intense days in five states along the border…

Kristy: Well, cousin, we are finally out along the border… So what do you see as our task, or tarea, for this trip?

Gary: It seems to me that the U.S./Mexico has become more politicized that at any point in its 170-year history. So perhaps our task is not to further politicize the already volatile and politically contested conditions here. Instead, we are hoping to rehumanize, rather than dehumanize the many who have been caught in the crossfire here.

Kristy: From Nogales to El Paso today, we’ve already accompanied individuals with many different takes on the border crisis, on immigration policies, and human needs, haven’t we?

Stay tuned the next two weeks at my cousin, Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren of the University of Iowa joins me on…

Pomegranate: Next! How can I help you today? Gary: Well, I feel kinda out of balance with my work these…

in the darkest of times where I go, is to a place somehow hidden in the midst of pain a place where microbursts of light breaks through to reach us a crack of light like the very one you may have seen on stormy days right at dusk when darkness tried enveloping entire skies but failed fails because the sun sent out a calla grace note so bright it cut across the horizon right into our hearts

Gary: Excuse me, I’m lost, can you tell me which way…? Rivulet: I can’t hear you, the water is roaring…

Gary: Tell me, cousin Kristy, what questions are going through your head right now. Kristy: Thanks for asking this, Gary….

How do we rekindle our hope during the darkest of times? With regard to the current crisis at our border,…

Be on the look for Mesquite: An Arboreal Love Affair my forthcoming book from Chelsea Green Publishing, with a forewood…

Gary: Where else are we seeing signs of hope along the U.S.-Mexico border? Kristy: In the person of Marcos Paredes,…

Gary: Okay, okay, I know you are both sensitive about what has happened between you, but let us see if…

Dirt: So you occasionally write about us? Gary: Well yes, on occasion. Why? Dirt: What do you think entitles you…

Dear Jere Gettle and Friends at Baker Creek Seeds, Have you gone nuts or just gotten greedy? THERE IS NO…

Cousin Gary Nabhan and I are having an enriching, educational, and all-around incredible time here on the U.S.-Mexico border. In…

forty days of fearing the worst could be happening worlds falling apart hospitals filling their beds loved ones barely breathing…