Watch me on Central Texas Gardener

I’m excited to be on PBS show Central Texas Gardener this fall, talking about the resilient gardens in my new book, Gardens of Texas!… Read More The post Watch me on Central Texas Gardener appeared first on Digging. September 23, 2025 I’m excited to be on PBS show Central Texas Gardener this fall, talking about … Read more

100+ Regularly Used English Phrases for Any Conversation

Knowing common English phrases will help you master English conversations. Discover 100+ English phrases to use at home and when traveling abroad! Saying “no” in Italian is as easy as it gets: Say no, like in English, but with a more open pronunciation of the letter “o.” It’s also used a little differently in sentences … Read more

17 Ways To Say ‘No’ in Italian When You Need More Expression

Saying “no” in Italian is as easy as it gets: Say no, like in… Saying “no” in Italian is as easy as it gets: Say no, like in English, but with a more open pronunciation of the letter “o.” It’s also used a little differently in sentences than in English. No and sì (“yes” in … Read more

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Plot Threads That Fizzled Out

Part of the novelty of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been the franchise’s ability to throw out new developments and hooks, only to pick up on them again in a sequel, spinoff, or some other project. Whether it’s something as grand as name-dropping the Avengers as a concept or something more subtle, like questioning the … Read more

Bugonia Review: Emma Stone Transforms in Disturbing Sci-Fi Comedy

About 40 years ago, a New York senator and lifelong politician named Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” It was as catchy then as now, with the phrase lingering still in the zeitgeist like a faded bumper stick tagline. Yet if the ongoing collapse of … Read more

Alien: Earth Finale – In Conversation With The Eyeball’s Newest Host

This article contains spoilers for Alien: Earth episode 8. There’s a long-standing tradition in storytelling: If you introduce a parasitic alien eyeball in the first act, it had better take over someone’s brain by the third act.  While it certainly made for a stunning, downright demonic visual, the so-called “eye midge” of FX’s Alien: Earth … Read more

Brilliant, Not Broken: A Powerful Reframe for Neurodivergence

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” ~Audre Lorde For most of my life, I asked myself a quiet question: What’s wrong with me? I didn’t say it out loud. I didn’t have to. It was stitched into how I moved through the … Read more

Rounding the bend to fall (I hope)

I’m hanging on for fall by my fingernails. Last week I got a second burst of oxblood lilies, helped along by my watering day. … Read More The post Rounding the bend to fall (I hope) appeared first on Digging. September 22, 2025 We’re back in hot summer mode. I’m hanging on for fall by … Read more

‘Because’ in German Has 2 Options To Learn: Weil and Denn

To explain to a German-speaker why you did or said something, you need to… Most French learners don’t dream of vocabulary lists and conjugation charts: They imagine learning how to speak French through conversation, cuisine, travel, and entertainment! France is a top choice to experience a Francophone country in person, but why stop there?  While … Read more