Garden Visits: Ali’s, on an Island

Hello! Have I got a treat for you today!  Ali, a reader and sometime commenter here,  has generously invited us to visit her garden, so my idea of a series of posts featuring readers’ gardens…

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A Friday in Venice? Don’t Mind if I Do. . .

I’ve written so many words this week, but not for today’s post, unfortunately. I have a brilliant gift of a post for Monday, a gift from a gardening reader, and I’m so excited to share…

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Easy Summer Meal from Leftover Fresh Pea Soup

If you made that fresh pea soup I described last week, and if you should happen to have leftovers — or if you liked it enough to make it again and purposefully plan for leftovers…

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More of my Travel Reading

Back in June (I know!) I shared some of the titles I’d read during my three weeks’ travel, and I promised to share the rest later. Well, this is definitely later. . . . And…

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Beach Stories, Back in the City. . .

Back in the city, under a layer of the smoke that’s covering our province, I’m nonetheless quite happily occupied, enjoying such aspects of city life as watching spectacular fireworks from our balcony, walking to beachside…

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