Ready for the Weekend

Watching the sunrise, waiting for a Toddler Girl to wake so I can scoop her up, maybe give her parents a rare extra hour of sleep. Her Cousin from Rome arrives today with Seven-Year-Old Cousin…

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Word-less Wednesday in the Spring Garden. . .

We have to be out of the house most of the day today (real estate doings), and so of course it’s raining, and even better (yes, that’s sarcasm), we left the car in the (big)…

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of gardens and babies and greying hair…

My last season in this garden we’ve created over the past 23+ years is bound to be bittersweet, but I’m doing my best simply to focus on the joys. And this osmanthus delavayi is chief among them…

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André Alexis’ Fifteen Dogs

I know, I know, I know. I made promises I’m not keeping here, but life’s a bit busy right now, and the va-et-vient means that sometimes the books I’d like to write about are not…

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Five (No-Fooling) Things Friday

When I shared my passing sadness with you last post, Ceri thoughtfully wondered whether the cause might be a “loss of moorings” and the accompanying “inability to plan” while not knowing where or what our…

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