How Much Do We Need?

On a nearby street, tall landmark homes provide shelter to single families. It’s hard not to notice the elegance and stature.

Freshly painted iron fences and swept brick driveways speak to the care that is taken.

Landscapers tend to lawns and flowers. Not a blade of grass on the block is taller than the rest. Not a unwanted shade of green shows anywhere. House after house stands picture perfect.

The Japanese garden four houses down makes me stop to stare.

Out by the street near where the cars park is a tiny patch of flowers. Orange lilies grow under an old oak tree. They don’t get the same care. They don’t seem to need it.

Do you think less is more?

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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