The Clock and the Garden

Children's Fiction

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Why are some people organized, meticulous, and rigid in their everyday lives? While other people focus on the beauty in everything, including plants, animals, gardens, and a field of wildflowers. These personalities usually collide. This story is about a conversation between two such personalities—a structured grandfather clock and a free-spirited flower garden. Through their conversation, they discover the value of both order and spontaneity—reason and emotion. Ultimately, the story conveys that “we should use our heads to guide us but never forget to follow our hearts.”

Russell Mayo, EdD, served public school children for 47 years. During which time he served as a teacher, principal, assistant professor and superintendent of schools. He has a master’s and doctorate from the University of Virginia. Russell served in public school districts across the nation. He worked in several states in different regions of the country in districts small and large located in rural, suburban, and urban areas. About half of his 47 years were in urban districts.