by Abby Brill
It was an accident, really. Like so many important turnings in our lives, it wasn’t planned or even looked for. There was this box of gourds, the byproduct of her sister’s husband’s idea to grow something that would provide some needed shade over his shop. Shade was provided, and at the end of the summer they were left with a bonus of some large, woody gourds. “Best not let them go to waste,” she thought. read more...