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Tag Archives: gardening
After The Fall/Coming Soon
John Clark elaborating on my fractured elbow adventure and a new look at Post-Covid movie possibilities, but first the elbow. Regular blog followers may remember the fun(?) we had clearing the jungle that was the back of our lot at … Continue reading
Purple Asters
John Clark with a reprint of an essay I wrote in 2005 for Wolf Moon Journal. I’m sharing it because it relates to fall and when I came out of the Alfond Center this morning after my aquatic exercise class, … Continue reading
A Trove of Garden Insight from Katharine White
We’re spending some time in Brooklin this month, where I lived for a while in the early 90s and to which I have returned most every summer since, at least for a few days. Regular readers of this blog likely … Continue reading
Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged Brooklin, Friend Memorial Library, gardening, Katharine S. White, Onward and Upward
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Sam’s Ghost
I’ve had plenty of ‘by myself’ time in the past several months. With Beth going to Belgrade 5 days a week to take care of our grandson, that leaves me, Bernie (our dog) and my thoughts. I’ve noticed I’m spending … Continue reading
The Brown Thumb Struggles On
Kate Flora: Confessing that today, with so much chaos in the country, I am finding it hard to write. Hard to think because I have no focus. I have nothing to say about writing, wouldn’t touch politics with a barge pole, … Continue reading
Posted in Kate's Posts
Tagged gardening, Katre Flora, plotting, The Corpse in the Compost
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The Mind is My Salvation
John Clark pondering in these absurd and scary times. Nothing like feeling as though you’re stuck in bastard love child movie birthed by Bergman and Fellini. Early morning grocery shopping had me imagining I was an actor in a revised … Continue reading
Posted in John Clark
Tagged Classical music, Covid-19, ebay, gardening, Grandchildren, Grandparenting, humor, Isolation, Maine library community, Survival skills, Tom Rush
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Gettin’ The Move On
John Clark on the next chapter in the Clark family saga. After 16 years in Hartland, we’re heading south. Not way south like Florida, but real Mainer south. In our case, Waterville is where we’ll be settling down in a … Continue reading
Posted in John Clark
Tagged Downsizing, gardening, Hartland Maine, Lawn sales, Life changes, Moving, Reality checks, Social connections, The Alfond Center, Uncle Henry's, Waterville
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Different Ways to Garden
Lea Wait, here. When I think of my grandparents, especially my grandmother, I think of her gardens. In her home in Roslindale, Massachusetts, where I spent some of my earliest years, she had a wonderful large rectangular rose garden, with a … Continue reading
