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the magic of seeds…
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Britton Gildersleeve
Seeds are a GREAT metaphor. Unlike gardens… Well, maybe gardens work for some folks, but they don’t work for me when people use them to talk about multiculturalism. Hello, I GARDEN. At a verrry prestigious fellowship I once received, I sat at a table w/ a lot of pretty traditional academics. There were a few…
reward, benefits, and roses
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Britton Gildersleeve
This is what I’m focusing on right now. NOT my aching back (from weeding all yesterday morning.) NOT the front beds, still to be done. NOT the sad meeting with a lawyer today, and the overwhelming feeling I have that life isn’t fair. Nope. I’m inhaling purple sage & Abraham Darby climbing roses. Planted 10+…
planting my own Farmer’s Market
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Britton Gildersleeve
Like I do most Saturdays, I spent the early morning hours yesterday at the Farmer’s Market. The gay profusion in my driver’s seat is two bouquets (one wildflowers — Indian paintbrush! — the other a more conventional spring mix of peonies (a favourite) and iris and more. Nestled beneath, in another bag (it was a…
bees, and the persistence of hope
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Britton Gildersleeve
The bee house is up! As a beekeep wannabe from waaaay back (decades — really), I can’t begin to say how happy I am. My beloved bought me a native bee house (not honey bees, more on this later) for the holidays. Health woes kept us from finishing it the way I wanted (he did,…
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