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Echium Sitting on the Glider. To Take it Down a NotchWe planned to prune the Echium candicans this winter, as it had overtaken the cedar glider on our front deck. Come spring, the shrub would prevent us from gliding through the air of a soft evening awash with budding.But the grasshopper asked us to wait. And who […]
My Office. The Incredible Sweetness of Being, Part FiveAt my office, late in the day on December 30, I turned to a spreadsheet. The office was quiet, our numbers thinned by holiday vacations and a flu bug. All my more urgent, complex tasks of the week, the month–the year–were done. A spreadsheet awaited me, though. […]
Cherry Pie. A Sister CelebrationOne week ago my sister Elaine celebrated her birthday; it comes exactly one week after mine. When we were children, our parents made it a point to mark each occasion separately (except for the year we each chose one special friend and went to Knott’s Berry Farm). As adults, though, when […]
Cherry Pie. A Sister CelebrationOne week ago my sister Elaine celebrated her birthday; it comes exactly one week after mine. When we were children, our parents made it a point to mark each occasion separately (except for the year we each chose one special friend and went to Knott’s Berry Farm). As adults, though, when […]
Green Grasshopper The Incredible Sweetness of Being, Part Three I’m up and away from my desk, waiting as my husband installs a bookcase that he’s renewed with care for my use. Wandering onto the front deck. I breathe deeply of the winter air, not-too-chilly in California. I glance at the spent tomato plants, their cages […]
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