The names of things

I think you should get to know some plants

I’m not sure whether it is clichéd inevitability or a stroke of rare luck that I took up an interest in nature at the age of 40. Either way, my life is much enriched by this somewhat surprising turn of events.

I moved to New York City to attend college just weeks after I turned 18, and I have been here ever since. My adult life was spent mostly in office…