Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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As a boomer who grew up on the edge of a treed ravine that went down to the Humber River in Toronto, I was absolutely a free-range kid. In the summer, we wandered freely in the woods. The only absolute rule was to stay away from and out of the river. My mom sent me…
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Six years ago Craig built a couple of 4×8 raised beds for a tidy vegetable garden where we could grow tomatoes, tomatillos, squash, raspberries and, sometimes, garlic. He chose 1×6 redwood planks because they outlast by several years most other woods available in our Pacific Northwest region. But for the upright posts on either end…
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I ran away to France twice in 2016. Seen now, a decade out, it’s hard to fully recall the pain of that year. Current happiness overlays that time. But living through a marriage disintegration, that’s hard. In May that year, I understood my marriage was doomed, yet I couldn’t imagine life without my spouse. So…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 