The Dahlia garden did not exist a few months ago, it lives today because I saw a Dahlia and fell in love, because Maria did the very hard work of digging, planting and weeding, because I watered the garden every single day, because the summer was hot, wed and sticky. Yesterday, we planned an expansion of the garden, we will double it’s size next year, it is one of the most beautiful things I have ever done. In the afternoon I took a chair out into the garden and read some books of poetry, sat with Red and Lenore, closed my eyes for a few minutes and felt peace and hope washing over me. I am learning so many things in life, one of them is what a Dahlia garden can do for me.