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I’ve reached a magic age. This age is different for everyone if they make it here at all. It’s the age where I no longer feel the need to defend my choices. Where I live, whom I live with, what … Continue reading |
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Notes From the Cottage/“In the beginning there was the word…”
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What is it about great lines? From books, music, and movies, opening lines and interesting or funny bits of wisdom make parrots out of many of us. My family can go through nearly an entire day when 95% of our … Continue reading |
Notes from the cottage. Get Mobbed. It’s Fun.
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Several years ago I signed up for and began a community garden plot. Being one of feeble math skills, I assumed a 50 X 25 foot plot was small, simple, manageable. It took me 1 hour that first year to … Continue reading |
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Tagged blueberries, community, community gardens, creative writing, Flash mob, Gardens, Maine, mob, permaculture, plausibility, Portland Maine, sheet-mob, writing groups
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Notes from the cottage/Weavers of Stories
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My recent visit to the Lowcountry of South Carolina led me to a group of women who have inspired me. The Gullah women, Edith, Marie, Eyvette, Geneva, and hundreds of others like them are carrying on a tradition of weaving … Continue reading |
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Tagged basket weaving, blogging, bulrush, Charleston market, creative writing, culture, Geneva, Gullah, marshgrass, North Florida, palmetto, Pine, plantation culture, rice culture, Sea Island, Sierra Leone, slavery, South Carolina, South Carolina Lowcountry, sweetgrass baskets, tradition
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Notes From the Cottage: of relationships and authors
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As mentioned before, one of my online addictions is TED Talks. A year ago, after watching Michael Pollen talk about the natural world being in charge, I warned you about being manipulated by corn (http://bit.ly/He6cuq). And now I am going … Continue reading |
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Tagged Academy Award, Alan Chadwick, Author, creative writing, Gracie, humor, Jack Daniels, Jenna McCarthy, Marriage, Michael Pollen, Relationships, Swiffer, TED
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