Visitors sometimes interrupt Carl’s chores, but that is not a problem. One of his only rules for guests is that every visitor must throw a rock in the stream. To this end, he places a few buckets of rocks by the streambed every few days. When asked if all the visitors are ever a bother or if caring for the daffodils is too much, Carl replies with a story. It’s about a young woman who came by one day and asked to see the garden. Obviously upset, she walked over to a log where she sat quietly, in the same place, for the remainder of the day. When she left, she appeared peaceful. Walking through Carl’s garden provides a sense of serenity—that there is no need to hurry. And the occasional glimpse of buffalo from the neighboring farm or abundant wild turkeys in his woods provides a vision of what native Kansas might have been all about.
Fast. Focused. Always local.
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