Maybe the only thing on the planet worse than cruel people are cruel people with power.  Few oh us have gone through life without facing bullies, but bullies have a limited scope of power (although it doesn’t feel that way to a 16 year old) whereas a bully with power is inescapable.

The papers remind you, the news remind you, and seemingly everywhere you go you are reminded that you are “less than” all those that look like the bully.

I have hung on to the hope that the garden would recover when he leaves office.  But at this point I am wondering if it is too late for the garden.  We have given too much power to a cruel gardener for too long.