Despite the best intentions, this newsletter has proved to be elusive in my writing plans. How many of you have found that multiple projects from the past year have found their way down dead-end roads, or wandered off track? ‘Let’s plant onions and potatoes in a garden patch each season!’ turns into a giant pile of branches and brush over the patch because the maple trees and honey locust are overgrown. And the tulip tree, and the oak in the side yard, and we might as well clean up those long branches on the evergreen trees at the same time… you get the idea. No potatoes this season.