The Devil Sometimes Buzzes Around Like A Tiny Black Fly

This past summer, I took some of our indoor plants outside and they did really well. The green plants increased in size by probably 30%. The flowering ones produced  beautiful blossoms. As the weather began to cool, I brought the plants back into the house and returned them to their normal place in our garden […]Read Post ›

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good …

A while ago, the book titled Fruit of the Drunken Tree piqued my interest. The story  contrasts the struggles of Chula, who lives in a gated community in Bogotá, Columbia and Petrona, the family’s maid, who lives in city’s slum area–an area  controlled by followers of Pablo Escobar, an infamous drug lord. Ingrid Rojas Contreras, the author, used her […]Read Post ›