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Native Son: Just a Little Garden Bench

By Steven Chamblee • July 18, 2018

I was visiting a private garden one day, accompanied by two busloads of other garden writers—ironically, each of us trying to get photos of the garden with no one else …

Native Son: AGGIELAND TURNAROUND

By Steven Chamblee • June 20, 2018

So I left work and headed down Highway 6 to see the new teaching garden at the mothership, Texas A&M University. Did I say new? This thing is so new …

Native Son: Calm Before the Warm

By Steven Chamblee • May 16, 2018

4:07 am…Mowed the walking path through my meadow last night. Earbuds in, kd lang singing her heart out, and the deep, vibrating drone of the engine underneath…it was magical. Wildflowers, …

Native Son: My Little Pyramid

By Steven Chamblee • April 15, 2018

Following my own advice right now…”When you don’t know what to write, just start writing…anything. It will eventually come to you, and you can just delete the gibberish at the …

Native Son: Ruminations from Mexico

By Steven Chamblee • March 14, 2018

Just landed stateside from seven days in Yucatan. Cancun to Chichen Itza to Merida; returning through Mani and a mind-altering maze of tiny villages. Part vacation; part research for my …

Native Son: February 15, 2018

By Steven Chamblee • February 15, 2018

So…it all started when I agreed to do an overnight road trip to Beaumont to give a program to the Magnolia Garden Club. I hoped the trip would provide fodder …

Native Son: Atonement

By Steven Chamblee • January 17, 2018

A few months ago, and a thousand miles away, I entered the same grocery store where I first shoplifted. I remember well that it was 1972, and I stole a …

Native Son: The Mystery of Mark Essence

By Steven Chamblee • December 20, 2017

Today, I find myself lamenting the late Andy Rooney (1919-2011), that inquisitive fellow who used to wrap up the 60 Minutes television show with a brief segment of whimsical satire …

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