"As new homeowners early in our marriage, I obsessed over making our yard
dandelion-free. Every dandelion clock, or white blowball about to burst and blow
into the wind, was a guilt-inducing sign that I hadn't caught them when I
scoured our yard on my hands and knees days earlier, looking to pop them at the
root. What kind of a homemaker would I be if our lawn weren't trimmed and
verdant, no blight spots, and especially no yellow constellations dotting our
yard?"
Aimee Nezhukumatathil discovers the many virtues of dandelions in this lovely
short piece.
