The Taking of Palmyra by ISIS and My Peonies: Taking Back the World, One Garden at a Time

Yesterday (Friday) it was all over the news. ISIS had captured Palmyra, an oasis in the Syrian desert. Visiting my son in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn on Saturday for a post-Mother’s Day celebration, I asked him to describe Palmyra to me; he had visited there several years ago just before the outbreak of the Arab Spring … Continue reading The Taking of Palmyra by ISIS and My Peonies: Taking Back the World, One Garden at a Time