Today is actually one of my favorite days of the year. It’s the day I get to plant my vegetables. I don’t grow from seeds because I don’t have the room, so, I’m going to make the rounds later and pick up some plants.

I’ll get those in the ground. I’ll get my berries into the raised beds that I set up. I’ll uncover the fig tree…

And I’ll have a hell of a good time doing it.

Does all this change the way things are in the world?

Absolutely not.

Does it change the way things are in me?

Hell, yeah.

There’s just something that feels really good about being out here getting my hands dirty.

And since I garden barefoot, getting my feet dirty, too…