tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701712151010834841.post6857545495719536005..comments2024-01-17T02:55:41.556-08:00Comments on Gardening With Geo.: Pencil StubGeo.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701712151010834841.post-22030882382461924712010-04-27T13:11:53.525-07:002010-04-27T13:11:53.525-07:00My pleasure, kindred gardener.My pleasure, kindred gardener.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701712151010834841.post-18411127763249697022010-04-27T12:42:29.295-07:002010-04-27T12:42:29.295-07:00Oh Thank you so much for the birthday wishes...it ...Oh Thank you so much for the birthday wishes...it was so kind of you, Geo.audeldkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041703937388078741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701712151010834841.post-62762437303502563342010-04-26T11:14:44.309-07:002010-04-26T11:14:44.309-07:00As always, thanks for the memories. Among other re...As always, thanks for the memories. Among other reflections it brings to mind, it's interesting that I who studied plants became an English teacher, and you who write so well a gardener.Williehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672263724813424429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701712151010834841.post-45185782698486152092010-04-25T22:46:22.116-07:002010-04-25T22:46:22.116-07:00Thanks Will. I have a cheerful memory of walking a...Thanks Will. I have a cheerful memory of walking along in Muir Woods, 1969, and you identified every tree and shrub we passed by its Latin name. That's when I learned of your horticultural studies. 40 years has got us ever deeper into the wilderness, but at least we can name the bushes.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701712151010834841.post-6057811814277345622010-04-25T22:15:28.212-07:002010-04-25T22:15:28.212-07:00My first reaction--probably not the best, but in o...My first reaction--probably not the best, but in other ways the truest--is that this poem expresses why I gave up my original major at Cal Poly SLO: I didn't have the exactness, patience and perseverance to do the work of the pencil stub. For that, I admire you and my "learn by doing" curriculum at Cal Poly, and thus my years as an English teacher and yours as a gardener!Williehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672263724813424429noreply@blogger.com