Mr. Grey
Mr.’s been around the way, and adopted us about a year ago. The sage’s influence spans blocks, and calls the planter above (once occupied by catnip) home base.
Sarracenia Smiles
After last spring’s paintbrush pollination, shiny ebony seeds dropped in sphagnum become traps poised to ensnare what the pitchers above can’t.
State Prison Potter’s Field, Reidsville
“Hello Darling,
Today I find myself a long way from you and the children. I am at the State Prison in Reidsville which is about 230 miles from Atlanta. They picked me up from the DeKalb jail about 4 ’0 clock this morning. I know this whole experience is very difficult for you to adjust to, especially in your condition of pregnancy, but as I said to you yesterday this is the cross that we must bear for the freedom of our people.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Over 300 former residents of the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville rot below concrete crosses with black stenciled numbers. Unlike Martin Luther King, who spent time here in October of 1960, these poor souls had no family to say goodbye, let alone write a letter to.
Canned Goods, Red Earth Farm
When I was growing up, both my grandmothers “put up” vegetables; after years of decline, the practice is once again gaining in popularity.
