Hostas are perking up.
This afternoon I noticed that the hostas at the front of the south garden bed in the front yard are perking up and starting to spread. The drought had really taken a toll on them. The recent rain, and the dappled sunlight coming in after we cleared some privets, is really making them happy. And that is making me happy.
Dawn Shepherd is a writer, a professor emeritus of writing studies, and an enthusiastic amateur of many things. After stepping away from higher education in 2025 to pursue a cross-country van journey and travels through Spain, she is currently exploring the art of the deliberate return. Through dispatches, sketches, and snapshots, she documents the magic of everyday life. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she’s figuring it all out. Probably. Maybe.
