People really do things like maintain tea-cups in war. They do all kinds of squirrely things in war. It’s one of the rules of writing: “If it’s physically possible for its time and place, it happened. If it didn’t happen, it should have.”
That’s the kind of garden Steve would LIKE to have.
non sequitur: I’ve always loved your little ‘border creatures’
and … it’s late but it’s here, Hard to Bear, and worth the wait.
Those are Tom Verre’s page numbers, bless his heart. And another incredible page!!!