Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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They are huge, OK? When I slip by them at night to run the garbage out, they loom well over six feet tall. Spiny tough. Love a good swamp. That’s gunnera. Rumor has it they date back to the Cretaceous period 100 million years ago. And by rumor, I mean scientists have found their fossilized…
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This arrived in the email today. The galleys for my book. I know you kids call them ARCs, advance reader copies, but I love the old-school term. It’s piratical and an ocean of excitement, which I will enjoy for a day or two before getting down to the nitty gritty of one last copy edit.…
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I should have done it sooner. Should have known why sooner. For all my devotion to nasturtiums–bright, messy, self-seeding, edible–I had no idea that the little spur coming off the back of the flower is full of nectar. I’ve had them here and there in the garden, but this year I potted them up on…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 