Photo credit: Daniel Shipp
I had a phone call the other day from an old acquaintance. We talked for a while about my work before he said, “You know, George, you’re really putting yourself out there. You are way out beyond the breakers.” The phrase — "beyond the breakers" — is an Australian way of saying someone is existing on the edge of things — that they’re in risky territory, beyond the safety of the beach and the predictability of waves crashing on the shore.
"It’s lonely out there," he told me, offering his support. I was grateful and surprised. I’d never really considered what I do, what I’m trying to do, as anything other than what I should, what I can. But I stopped for a while, and thought a little more. Of course, it’s madness, this mission of mine to change the world through gardening...