No matter how you look at it, however, Kaplan falls quite short in making the case for his hyperbolic claim that 1959 was the year that everything changed – or even the year that changed everything.

Sometimes I think gardening is the only thing that keeps me going. It is great therapy to go out and work in the outdoors, breathing deeply. We get a lot of joy from our garden, and since it is a family project, it helps with family togetherness. We might even learn a few things along [...]