What Is the Ache You Can’t Get Rid Of?

Could you make it your creative offering?

“My wife in our library.” Photos by John P. Weiss

There is an elderly woman down the street from my house who often sits and lies on the ground in her backyard garden.

Sometimes she is digging holes for plants, and other times she is rearranging rocks along the footpaths. Every inch of her desert garden is meticulously designed and lovingly maintained.