Ute Heggen, a trained early childhood specialist, taught in public school and other settings for more than twenty-five years. After three decades in Brooklyn, New York, Ute purchas...view moreUte Heggen, a trained early childhood specialist, taught in public school and other settings for more than twenty-five years. After three decades in Brooklyn, New York, Ute purchased a small wooded parcel in the Hudson Valley and began a new life of gardening.
Ute Heggen's articles about ex-wives and other family members affected by their husband's, children's or sibling's cross-sex ideation appear at uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com.
Today the mother of two adult sons is a citizen scientist. Ute's specialization is violet cultivation, for great spangled fritillary butterflies, which do not migrate, but overwinter locally.
Ute urges all to "Live, love, plant!"view less