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The Plant Advisors
It started during my years living in Maine, when the presence of indoor plants in the house moved from an afterthought to a requirement. Those long months filled with vistas of white, the gardens buried deep in snow and ice, and…
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Salt
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea. Isak Dinesen I clipped this quote out of a magazine I was flipping through while taking a break from my writing yesterday. For a dedicated salt-lover, it caught my…
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A Bird Feeder Prayer
The temperature today here in Central Texas will climb to near 70 and we will be greeted by a drizzling rain. There are at least a dozen birds on the tube-like feeder that hangs from the mesquite tree branch bending over…
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Smilax
After our recent move to Central Texas from the Northeast, we became reacquainted with the Smilax vine. It is not a happy friendship. The huge thickets of Smilax with their woody stems, thorny hooks and shiny leaves cover the barbed wire…
