Watch out for trees and traffic. The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other.

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap.

If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live by your rules.

We blame Walt Disney for goldenrod's undeserved bad name. Despite Sneezy's pronouncement, plants such as goldenrod with heavy, insect-carried pollen rarely cause allergic reaction.

Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out.

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

If a bush is too big, don't ask "should I?" Go ahead and cut it. If it lives, great. If it dies, replace it with something better suited!

Gardeners in regions with very long summer days have a great opportunity, and should use more of the cool colors that literally glow in the low light of morning and evening.

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.

You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape.

Someone who lives vicariously will never be truly happy because they're not happy with themselves.

Death is more meaningful than just being dead.

The early cars already are drawing deep breaths past my door. And last night's phrases sick with lack of basis are still writhing on my floor.

I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't understand what the message can be.

You know how I feel about love. It was invented to sell wedding cakes. And vacations to Waikiki.

I have a very clear vision as to what I want at the end of my prep, and then I throw it out and let the creative process take over.

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.

I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time.

The heart never becomes wrinkled.

More terrorists and extremists have been captured or killed in Pakistan than in any place in the world.