Name: Liz Shaw Gilbert, AZ (Sunset Zone 13) (Zone 9a) Arizona Gardener
I forgot to say that thanks to @TheGoodSoil 's recommendation, my next lunch book will be Lonesome Dove. I found a copy of it in our resident library and I checked it out!
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anaïs Nin