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Published In The Great North Arrow, June 1, 2025: Backyard Biography

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Backyard Biography - jim Young “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde My lawn is a mixture of grass, clover and weeds. The grass represents the societal norm. That’s what a lawn should look like. Clover is my rebellion against the norm. The clover feeds wild animals like deer and sustains bees. And it’s still soft on my bare feet to satisfy the original purpose of my lawn. Is it pleasing to the eyes? Margaret Wolfe Hungerford would remind us that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”... so, yes! The weeds however, represent my rebellions that went wrong and had a negative or less than satisfactory ending. I leave them there as a reminder. An occasional thistle in my foot reminds me not to step there again. Around my deck and the edges of my lawn are flowers like Daisies, Black Eyed Susans and the flowering CatMint. They too are weeds really, but unlike the unwanted weeds in my lawn, they add beauty to my life and remind me that sometimes even negatives can have s...
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