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Seeing the Wild Redhead in the Median

Did anyone else see the fox I just saw?  It looked, hair-wise, like a relative of mine, a wild canine redhead with a silky bushy auburn tail (though neither my kin nor I have tails).  The lean creature loped slowly westward across the median … Continue reading

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A Book and Its Cover

I wanted to show off the cover that an artist designed for Marigold Man, the book I’m writing.  I wrote about the possibility of this happening here: They liked it, they really liked it….  Each day since the 50,000 word … Continue reading

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Fall Display

I think I’ll blame my mother. O.K., maybe not blame.  How about attribute or credit?  Or thank.  Every October, I like making a little arrangement of autumn items I call my fall display.  I do it partly because I love … Continue reading

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Smith Recognized

Imagine my pleasant surprise to learn Smith was to be given an award.  As I’ve mentioned, gardeners, though seemingly nice and mild-mannered on the outside, are really cutthroat, fierce competitors on the inside.  We want the biggest and most tomatoes, … Continue reading

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Dangling My Feet in the River on a Breezy Late Spring Day

For most of my life I had no idea I was an artist.  I’ve loved words since I was young, but I certainly hadn’t seen them as a medium for my own artistic expression.  Similarly, for most of my life I thought … Continue reading

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