I think we can all agree that winter in this country is WAY too long. In my last post it’s possible I gave the impression that I was a big fan of the season, but that’s stretching it. I love certain things about it, that’s true. I’m not a skier or a skater, or even...
Year: 2015
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Escaping the Here and Now
Crazy how hard it is to imagine another season when you’re in the middle of this one. As you’re walking down a snowy, slippery sidewalk, imagine you’re in your sandals and shorts on a hot day. Or imagine yourself tending your garden in a sun hat and shades. It’s difficult, but barely possible if you...
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Garden Refuge
Is it my imagination or is there more bad news these days then ever? When I hear about all the Jihadist stuff going on, in Paris, Syria, everywhere, I feel like we’re back in Rome and the barbarians are invading and our world is about to cave in. We won’t really know it until the very...
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The Daylight is Growing
Yes, this is a gardening blog, and yes it’s January. I told a friend at work about my blog today and how it was back on line after several months and he asked, “Have you done any gardening lately?” I guess implying that perhaps the lack of a gardening blog through the winter is no...
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I’m back!!
Well, after several months of procrastination I finally decided to spend the needed hours to figure out how to restore my website. I’m extremely excited that it worked! I still don’t know why the site went down (the database was “corrupted” according to the helpful man from Bluehost), but the miraculous thing is that I...