“The Old Man” – Part 2

“The Old Man” – Part 2

I wrote about “The Old Man”, an ancient herb in a previous post. “The Old Man” – Part 1 I imagined my great-grandmother snipping pieces of this ferny herb growing around the foundations of the farm house. The second story my mother...
“The Old Man” – Part 2

“The Old Man” – Part 1

My mother brought me a tiny cutting from her garden. It’s called “The Old Man.” Along with it came a story. Two stories, really. I’ll tell you first today. “The Old Man,” or Artemisia Abrotanum by its formal name, grew prolifically...