Tag: urban homestead
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Sew Exciting
Yesterday was muggy, unbearably muggy. After a while I fled to my room and put the air on, rather than cool the downstairs, since no one was there. In my room, I got my winter and summer clothes fully switched out, and then decided to (finally) do some mending. It was like reverse winter, cozied…
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Life in the ’20s
Taking a second to plug what I wrote a few years ago, Edith, Emma and Me. From time to time I think about self-publishing it on Amazon, or reworking it as a long essay with a bit of a different focus. I also have thought about writing something fictional based on some of what I…
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Maybe I’m Not Mad Anymore?
I think some of the anger that’s been propelling me along these past couple months has fizzled out. Maybe it’s harder to be angry when the weather is nice and everything’s green. Maybe I just couldn’t stay mad forever. I still think the president is a malevolent moron and I’m worried about the rest of…
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Got Thrips?
The garden path is finished, and I weedwhacked out front. If I can weedwhack the back this evening, everything will look pretty nice and neat, for one hot second! I’ve been picking lettuce to use here and there to use on sandwiches, etc. One morning I picked sage and oregano and dried it in the…
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Zero Debt and Staying That Way
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Feverfew or Mugwort?
Garden State of Mind 