Even on the East Coast, people over-water, over-weed and over-fertilize their lawns in an (inevitably) futile struggle to achieve a perfect, dandelion-free bit of green.

FORBES: The Green American Dream

But lawn-care madness is not just a problem confined to the drought-prone western half of the U. S. Even on the East Coast, people over-water, over-weed and over-fertilize their lawns in an (inevitably) futile struggle to achieve a perfect, dandelion-free bit of green.

FORBES: The Green American Dream

Maybe it was a great hank of river weed turning below in the cold current, maybe it was just the way gravity works in water, but it felt like something that matched me exactly, the same shape and weight and volume, and it always seemed as if that something came to life the moment I stepped into the water.

NEWYORKER: Something Like Happy