R.E. Faro

In the Same Family

There are two types of people in this world: those who think arugula is all that, and those who never heard of it. With his natural aplomb, the gardener finds that those in both camps—and several other camps, as well—share common roots.

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Falling Into Place

The literary gardener, a regular Monthly columnist since 1996, contemplates his arrival in San Francisco from Kansas 40 years ago—as well as, let’s see, the Count of Monte Cristo, overdue library books, iPods, and France’s famous Proust. As ever, nothing is quite as random as it seems.

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Faces of the East Bay