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What happens when you go for a walk with two little girls?  Suppose you pass someone’s well-planted garden, spilling over with flowers and blossoms?  You get to play human vase while the girls chatter and pick more.  And honestly, would

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Oh Gee, Where’ve I been?

G is for go go go.  Sometimes you have to step away from your surroundings to know where you are.  How can we stretch out this metaphor?  Climb a tree to see the forest?  Take off your glasses to see?

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How to Meander

“Babbo, what’s meander mean?” asked CH about a word we’d just read together. “Meander is to wander without a goal, just to go here and there and enjoy yourself,” I replied. Some days are the best because they are unplanned

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Colors of All Kinds

I’m really excited about all this DOMA and gay marriage media coverage because it gets Americans talking about something other than the Kardashians.  I want to focus on one angle of the gay marriage debate:  saying that a Supreme Court

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The Ultimate Home Garden Crop

I’ve had my experiences with zucchini, have battled with overgrown kale and eggplant, and tried to stop the inexorable spread of marjoram through the garden.  Through all this I’ve discovered one crop that may be the perfect thing to grow

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Growing Season

Holy Moley!  With the recent rains here in SoCal, the garden is literally exploding with growth.  Last year my wife, in an optimistic fit of seed-planting, sowed some kale in our garden.  Now it’s coming up with a vengeance, sending

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Bread and Garden

First things first.  Check out the newest sourdough ciabatta: This was a 12-hour ferment at room temperature with no second proof.  I poured the dough out onto a floured board, folded letter-style, dimpled with my fingers to deflate the larger

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