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Ordinary Life
During the last month, I broke from Instagram.
Nov 24, 2025
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Ten Saturdays
Re(finding) My Creative Way With Clothes
Sep 7, 2025
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Lanternflies, Tree of Heaven, and other Invaders
In early July, after weeks of rain, during the humid heat wave smothering my yard like a wet and heavy wool blanket, they came.
Aug 17, 2025
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Fox(gloves) in the Garden
The tall and rather elegant plant with its purple throated pink bell-like flowers grows well in the shade.
Jul 4, 2025
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A New Chapter
Jan 1, 2023
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Stranger in the Mirror
Jan 8, 2024
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It’s Been Awhile
Oct 27, 2024
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THE STRIVING
Apr 10, 2024
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After the Fall: Unruly Blooms
This year I sense an urgency in the behavior of the plants that make up my gardens.
Jun 20, 2025
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After the Fall: What Got Shaken Up (aside from my hip joint)
Last week, while on my way to mail a letter honking along during my usual high speed power walk, I trip and fall.
May 17, 2025
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Back in the Shed
Confessions and A Dream
May 5, 2025
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Products of Real Life
“‘This is the best time of my life.
Apr 28, 2025
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The Seventies Show
The photo is black and white.
Apr 22, 2025
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Printed Matter
Women's History Month, Bookstores and Finding a Porch to Stand On
Mar 31, 2025
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Dressing Rooms, Tearooms and Other Provocative Spaces
On my Edwardian, gold embossed, green leather covered ladies’ writing desk is a bouquet of Trader Joe’s flowers in a small version of a mason jar.
Mar 14, 2025
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Experiments, Liminal Space, Joy and Dread
Scattered across my still partially frozen yard, my thoughts lie next to the mementos left by pine trees shedding.
Mar 1, 2025
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A Woman Possessed
Icicles hang like small daggers from the garage roof.
Feb 23, 2025
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