Choosing to wait with what's broken

Clogged sprinklers, old words, and unlearning the habits of canceling one another out

Photo captured by Mary Claire Photo / Image ID of our garden area in summer, comprised of a few raised beds and many potted herbs.

To fix it or to throw it away?

This was the question.

I watched with impatience as my husband diligently tended to our clogged sprinkler. Every so often, rather than watering the garden by hand, he’ll set up the rotating sprink…