October 1, 2018

After class, gardening, heroic gardening. Bought a truckload of dirt from Reems Creek, dug out of its summer of weeds a chunk of the east garden and planted a stand of Japanese iris. Chopped out of the ground great lengths of invasive bamboo– what is it?– it looks like stems boring underground.  Shoulders ache with digging and carrying.

Women will be disappointed when the patriarchy doesn’t fall. For us there is no other natural option. It may be modified but not replaced. I’m not celebrating, merely observing. This is a moment in time when this cannot be said in any public forum.