Number 1: Morning Exercise
HOLLYWOOD—David, a reader of the Grady Diet, recently wrote, “One thing I'd like to learn more about: exercise in the morning. Could you give...
Gray Is Not Black And White
It is no coincidence that the deep dark green color of the foliage of Monterey Cypress is so similar to that of Monterey pine....
Cary Grant: The Joys Of Moderation
HOLLYWOOD—No more dashing and didactic figure has haunted Hollywood than Cary Grant. Of the two screen actors Marlon Brando watched carefully, one was Cary...
Squirrels Fear The Unknown Too
UNITED STATES—It is embarrassing when my mother teaches me a practical gardening technique that I should have known about, especially if the particular technique...
The Danger Of Statistics
HOLLYWOOD—Statistics are best used sparingly, if at all. A sanguine approach is to handle these mantras of the Western world with the care usually...
Taking It To The Streets
UNITED STATES—No matter how unique the individual gardens are, conforming street trees really unify a neighborhood. Streets of tract homes are typically planted with...
Sliding With Svetlana
HOLLYWOOD—An army travels on its stomach, they say, and there are times after midnight when an army must be inside me. I break this...
How To Deceive Smart Seeds
UNITED STATES—Plants could not proliferate as they do if they were as unintelligent as they seem to be. Actually, much of their activity would...
Fear Of Flying: The Emotional Trauma
UNITED STATES—A considerable number of people died horrific deaths on July 6, 2013. Six from gunshot wounds in Chicago, 15 in a devastating Canadian...
Celebrity Dieting: Hitchcock (Final Part)
HOLLYWOOD—Let’s have a summing up on Alfred Hitchcock’s considerable dieting experience and expertise, graded by Sparky, my diet defender. Barks signify approval, and howls,...