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… on gardening in and out of a pandemic
May in Maine finds the gardens still at their beginnings. The forsythia still have not quite gone from sunny yellows to greens and the... Read More
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… on helping(ish) miss judy
So. Those of you who have been reading for a while might remember my summer neighbor, Miss Judy, especially from a post I called,... Read More
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… on ‘and yetting’ my way into christmas
Oh yeah, they came. Practice grandkids. Two of ’em. The family arrived this year with some traditional Christmas stuff (holiday jammies), and some I... Read More
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… on whispers from within
Here are the samenesses between Monet and his gardens at Giverny and me and my gardens in Maine. *Monet and I are/were/who-knows-may-be-again humans. *Monet... Read More
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… on kicking off summ-ah
As you can see, green is happening. Also there is some purply-pink in the form of a certain rhododendron who lives just outside the... Read More
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… on that elusive ‘next to godliness’ thing
This post was going to be professionally illustrated. I drew the amoeba, and then the red circle with a line through it. Then I... Read More
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… on the energy of place
A short time after we moved up to The Inn* full-time, I re-jigged the small room that is attached to our bedroom into... Read More
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… on the importance of content
I received a box from Amazon in the mail last week and was very excited that I remembered exactly what was inside of it... Read More
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… on not washing the dang door
I just want to say… I’m not washing the dang door. The other day, I read an article about making one’s home more welcoming. I... Read More
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… on dog behavior whac-a-mole
When we first brought Belle… Side note: The hyphen in Belle-ah is very hard to remember to type each time, and is also wasteful. In addition,... Read More
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… on the hope-y faith-y stuff
You can’t fool me. At some point in the hours that follow… no matter how old you are… you’re gonna feel that pull. That... Read More