Clarity

Just to be clear, it is important to keep a clear focus right now, to be outraged about the big things that are being covered up by the little things we are being invited to be outraged about instead.

Passion

I have spent three days clearing passion vine from the side flower bed. I have stopped invasive passion vine before, but it was the native variety in a sandy/shady bed. This time I am dealing with two hybrids in a sandy/clay bed with pretty good light. I know I will be pulling up sprouts and roots for several months. But I hope that this assault during dry weather in the early winter will discourage the roots that I didn't dig up.

In the spring I will get some native passion vine and plant it in a large clay pot next to a trellis. I've got to have some food in the garden for those fritillaries and longwings caterpillars.

I wish I could clear the invasive hybrid vines from our political scene, but that will take longer even than clearing the garden.