Nayeema Eusuf

Nayeema is a Bangladeshi-American market gardener in RI

Arthur the ash tree

Arthur

But Arthur gets the last word. Two seasons into our one-sided friendship, he shocks me by putting out new growth: a pair of gray-green sapling-slender shoots swelling with red velvet buds.

March 23, 2023

American Robin

Nemesis

Understanding runs into economics with a solid thunk. I am tired of this stupid bird that’s squatting in my workspace and harassing me. So I think, why not just outwit him?

January 17, 2023

American black bear

Boundaries

Eventually – and I’m still working on it – I accept that Nature is just doing her thing. She is communicating to me her boundaries and keeping me at bay, protecting her blue jays and possums and raccoons.

December 14, 2022

bitter melon

Reincarnation[?}

I have often wondered if reincarnation is actually that curious mid-life phenomenon whereby a person – after decades of youthful non-conformity – overnight turns into their parent. Suddenly they are anxious and unhappy, and convinced the next generation is going to ruin.

April 15, 2022