“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Wordless Wednesday
As always, with some words.
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The Stick, the Chick, and Me…
Here’s how it turned out since my previous post: The gardenia stick is dead as it’ll ever be. I believe I killed it by procrastination. I would have done better to plant it in a little pot the instant I saw the roots. I kept saying, “I’ll do that tomorrow.” I am still saying that,…
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I’ll Let You Know How It All Turns Out
So…my cutting from Aunt Winnie’s gardenia bush, of which I proudly blogged here, is now this discouraging stick. And this morning we found our dear Elvira flopping down with an injured right leg. She seems to be in the same condition as happened to our precious Princess Puny when Puny was only a week old.…
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Letting Go of Shoulds
I’m writing this in the sanctity of my office, in the comfy chair in the nook of my narrow dormer. My door is open, and voices float up from below–five-year-old grandson and husband in conversation. They are discussing the weighty matter of former pre-school friends going to their respective schools just as grandson is going…
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Wordy Wordless Wednesday
Want to let our blogging friends and family know that we, chickens included, are safe and sound during hurricane Isaac. Although there have been tornado reports and flooding, Lower Alabama has been spared the hardest part of the storm. We, fantastic as it sounds, have not even lost electric power or internet service. Wonders never…
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The Lesson from Aunt Winnie’s Gardenia Cutting
I love gardenias. I am likely supporting the gardenia nursery industry with my love. I’ve ceased to count how many gardenia bushes I have bought, and killed. There is one now in the corner of my flower garden that I nursed for two years. Last month I gave up and said, “Die then.” It did.…
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