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Garden Party
Years ago Rick Nelson sang a song titled “Garden Party.” I thought of it this evening as I walked from our condo to the clubhouse for an organizational meeting regarding the community garden the residents are planning for this summer.
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Winter
I know winter doesn’t officially arrive until December 21, but if you looked outside you’d think we were there. Blowing snow, icy windows, toppled herby-curbies, cars in ditches – that’s the kind of day it was. It’s after 11 PM,
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Goodbye Tomatoes, Goodbye Summer
Two months ago today I wrote about our experiment with Ike and Tina Tomato. We’d purchased these gadgets that were guaranteed to grow phenomenal tomatoes and we’d already watered our plants and watched their development for a month when I
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Meet the Tomatoes
You’d have to live in a cave in Siberia not to have seen the commercials for the Topsy Turvy®, a contraption that promises bountiful tomatoes without the hassle of planting a garden. Well,Ike and Tina Tomato have been hanging upside
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R.I.P.
Over the years, I’ve blogged about life in Michigan, especially life around our home. I’ve featured squirrels and birdhouses and willows. I’ve shown flowers and the river and the change of seasons. And I so wanted to have a keepsake
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The Tree
Tonight Earl and I finished decorating our Christmas tree. Over the years we have gravitated to an artificial tree rather than a real one. In that time, I’ve come to love artificial, although for the first fifty-five years of my
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Back from the Paddle
I’ve had a mind to sell my three kayaks for a long time, but yesterday’s trip down the St. Joe changed my mind. Maybe I still don’t need three; but I certainly need at least one for days like this.
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Paddling Away
This fall’s colors are extraordinary, rich yet nuanced at the same time. Brilliant yet somber. Blazing yet paced. They make me want to cry.
Instead, I’m planning a trip down the St. Joe River tomorrow morning to drink it all
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So Long Summer
Calendar-wise, I know summer sticks around for another three weeks, but I’ve always thought that Labor Day, which is tomorrow, ends the season. Maybe it’s because school starts again, which means the weather always gets hot but then turns. Maybe
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Something’s in the Bedroom
Two nights ago I heard something moving around in the bedroom, rustling things, startling me from a sound sleep. Instantly I was on high alert. I rolled over and shook Earl.
“Earl, there’s something in the room with us. Do
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