内容摘要：Networking chip giants such as Broadcom and Cisco Systems are working to solve the same set of technical issues with Ethernet technology, which has connected most of the internet since the 1980s and is an open technology standard.

Networking chip giants such as Broadcom and Cisco Systems are working to solve the same set of technical issues with Ethernet technology, which has connected most of the internet since the 1980s and is an open technology standard.

to grow in the South. Sometimes called the summer snapdragon, it isn't bothered by heat and requires less watering than most flowers—even when grown in pots. You won't have to deadhead the flower spikes, either, which appear continuously until the first frost. Angelonia is winter hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 9-11.Another easy summer annual, gomphrena is drought-tolerant and only requires

once established. You don't have to deadhead the flowers, though you can clip off stems to tuck into flower arrangements. Gomphrena also makes a great dried cut flower since it retains its color.Catmint is a low-maintenancethat is perennial in Zones 3-9. Once you place it in well-draining soil in full sun, your job is mostly done. Catmint is very drought-tolerant after the first season and prefers a hands-off approach. If you want it to bloom repeatedly, just shear the whole plant once the flowers start to fade.

Black-eyed Susan blooms in late summer while your other flowers are withering away. Thesewill even bloom in part shade. Butterflies enjoy the nectar while black-eyed Susan is in bloom, then songbirds eat the seeds in fall. These perennials can be short-lived, but if you let them self-seed they can return year after year.

Purple-top verbena is perennial in Zones 7-11 and is quite happy in dry soil. This tall, airy verbena is very striking when the wispy stems wave in the breeze. The South American native has naturalized in some Southern states, but there are compact cultivars that are less likely to escape from the garden.

Cranesbill geraniums are best for planting along walkways or the front of borders where the trailing stems can spill over the edge. You can trim them back if they get rangy, or just let them flop in a pretty purple mass. Hardy geraniums rarely require watering and bloom from spring to summer. TheseShe was kinda right. After all the work of prior generations, I realized I was following expectations instead of choosing my own path. I was killing myself trying to honor a legacy, making myself a feminist martyr, instead of being the heroine of my story.

My mother didn’t seem to have this problem. In my childhood memories, she worked as a college professor, had a supportive network to help with childcare and curled up every night with awhile the rest of us watched 90’s sitcoms. There was no midnight emailing or vague blocks on her work calendar to disguise school events. She seemed to have a unicorn life, much more balanced than my own, and I wondered why, as a generation of women, did it seem like we were doing it worse?

I think Pinterest and Instagram are partially to blame. My house never looks like that and my stomach certainly isn’t that flat and why do recipes always take 20 minutes longer than described?There’s also the guilt. I feel like I should take full advantage of the opportunities my mother and Ephron didn’t have. Otherwise, what was it all for? But after a lifetime of working hard and doing my very best, I yearned for mediocrity. I wanted someone to say, “She’s an okay mom, I guess.”  Or a client to comment, “Not the best, not the worst, gets the job done.”  Because I thought that maybe by doing less everywhere else, I could create a vortex of time in which I could be good to myself. I also wanted to take a nap.