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Late season goings on in the Vintage garden
The summer heat may have chased me back indoors for most of August, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing some projects out in the garden. It’s funny, but from about mid-July until Labor Day, the very height of … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, This week in the garden
Tagged garden renovations, waterwise gardening
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What’s on my autumn reading list for 2023
“Well, there’s so much to read, and I’m so far behind.” Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety Today I want to share with you my autumn reading list. It’s funny, but while I was writing this post, I realized that I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading lists
Tagged autumn reading list
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Autumn, ’tis a bittersweet season
But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Gardening, Life, Mental health
Tagged First day of autumn, Why autumn is the best of all seasons
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