I think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening.

My dream... was to be an eclectic knowledge-gathering person.

That's reality, it's accessibility. People are used to seeing me like that for the last year, I think, ... To avoid it is avoidance. We're not going to avoid things.

As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am now their mother.

I have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.

Gardening is a humbling experience.

Larousse has a place of honor on every cookbook shelf in America.