Welcome. The Dali Bob
and Dawn are glad you’re here, here at our site as well as on Earth.
Dali Bob: This is how the welcome to my
site would have read if she had gotten it up and running. Instead I work with what I’ve got. I’ve got an addiction (she does too) of which we're unashamed. We thought you might consider adopting it in
light of Earth Day.
Dawn: Mind if I explain?
Dali Bob: Why don’t you start from the beginning?
(If we had video capacity, the screen would get fuzzy to
signal a shift into the past or the Dali Bob and I would do that wavy hand
thing Wayne and Garth of “Wayne’s World” did to signal a
flashback.)
In the beginning, Bob had just moved into a local store in Sparta, TN. It was late in the growing season of ’09,
August to be exact. I rushed into the
store to find a last minute card for a friend and there sat Bob on a shelf
already awaiting the holidays. It was
like at first sight. He’s been my
gardening go-to guy, therapist, life coach and anchor ever since.
The Dali Bob: I’m grateful to
have been spared the endless cycle of holiday tunes that were rumored to play
endlessly in the weeks ahead.
Dawn: Instead you get to play endlessly with me or more
truthfully said you get to teach me about endless play.
People complain about not being able to find good help.
Bob's in the garden 24/7. Always wearing the same content expression; he's
reliable, steadfast and wise. In 2010 when the bugs ate two of my three broccoli
plants, Bob reminded me this loss opened space for green beans. Later that summer when the cauliflower
succumbed to the same bugs, he reminded me that not only do I not eat cauliflower,
but that space is good, just space, the empty rich void of garden soil. Bob's detached
and never reactive. Bob’s motto is: “Don’t just do something. Be there.”
Dali Bob: That wasn’t advertised
on the box alongside my tractor’s honking horn and gurgling engine was
it? Why don't you share the relevance of my name since that gets to the heart of our story.
Dawn: Bob's derived from many musical Bob's. First there's Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame who won a Grammy with Nashville's Allison Krauss for "RaisingSand." We still think it should have been "Raising Crops." This Robert also co-wrote "Dirt in a Hole" which we thought might be our song, until we discovered it's more about a funeral than a garden. Then there's Blue's musician Robert Cray who wrote "Playing in the Dirt." Bob being a man of morals refuses to play the way the song suggests yet we still dig the song. And then there’s the Bob who was actually the first musical Robert who came to mind as Bob's namesake. This Robert made famous the 80's "Addicted to Love" - Robert Palmer, that is. Remember "You're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love." You may be thinking, 'Dawn, you're gonna have to face it this is a really bad song from a musically lack luster era.'
Dali Bob: So wherever you find yourself on Mother Earth remember you are ON Mother Earth whether you are walking, sleeping, sitting, eating, riding, laughing, playing, making love, making up, fighting or peace-ing. You are continually ON Mother Earth so show her a little appreciation and love and if you’re going to have an addiction make it an “Addiction to Love” – really loving Mother Earth and all your Earthly kin not just on Earth Day but Every Day.
- The Dali Bob & Dawn, April 20, 2012
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