A Daydream in the Desert
Death leads to battle against Bermuda grass and AstroTurf in the scrubs of Arizona.
Read MorePosted by R.E. Faro | Aug 1, 2015 | Faro's Garden |
Death leads to battle against Bermuda grass and AstroTurf in the scrubs of Arizona.
Read MorePosted by R.E. Faro | Dec 1, 2014 | Faro's Garden |
Our gardening hero makes inroads against the prevailing dogma of grass.
Read MorePosted by R.E. Faro | Mar 1, 2014 | Faro's Garden |
The world of greenery keeps turning in Faro’s garden where pruning and cutting back the pittosporum, cotoneaster, jasmine, acacia, and ivy are on his mind. Still missing Rita, he strikes up a friendship with his new neighbors and introduces his pruner to them as they contemplate the fate of their redwood.
Read MorePosted by R.E. Faro | Sep 1, 2013 | Faro's Garden |
The gardener says goodbye to an old friend, inherits a lime tree, and rescues a Buddha.
Read MorePosted by R.E. Faro | Apr 1, 2013 | Faro's Garden |
The gardener muses on a recent spate of urban crime while cultivating his garden.
Read MoreHidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
by Lisa Fernandez | Nov 1, 2017 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
by Susan E. Davis | Mar 1, 2014 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
by Meredith Maran | Nov 1, 2010 | Faces of the East Bay, First Person
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.