By Emily Fisk

Emily Fisk is a writer and marketing strategist living in the gorgeous Northwestern United States with her two daughters and husband. She started writing because the words of others had been there for her when she desperately needed to feel less alone. Her typical days include a (sometimes chaotic) mixture of work, play, gardening, running, cooking, and reading. Following along at emilyfisk.com or on Instagram @emilyafisk.

Pizza and my place in the order of things

I need a single bowl of tomatoes for dinner, but the plant is overflowing with the delicate orange orbs. It’s the end of an extravagantly fertile summer that began with a slow spring and plentiful rain, a rarity for our high desert climate. My garden has responded to the weather, heavy with produce. As I…