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Our Secret Selves: The Joy of Barking Alone
… t resist a little dogness. Worse, it was me policing myself. Back when I younger and didn't have kids and bills and window boxes with no flowers in them, and didn't feel that I should be doing something useful and constructive at all times, I used …
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"I Was Black, and I Told Her So"
… spacious, with young dogwood trees blooming all over the yard, the wraparound porch sporting a swing just outside the front window boxes , which were full of geraniums. Inside, Oriental rugs lay under every constellation of furniture in the living room, and …
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Getting Rid of Your Mental Lint
… to my husband about vacationing in West Virginia (nurturing my spouse). Not geraniums, which I could still put in the window boxes ...or could just forget about since it is July and people who really love gardening—as opposed to people who feel …
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Excerpt from The Imperfectionists
… fingers, damp from peeled potatoes, dishwashing liquid, diced onions, scented from mothballed blankets, soil from the window boxes -Eileen is a woman who touches everything, tastes all, digs in. She slips on her reading glasses. "What are you hunting …
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Excerpt from In Spite of Myself
… Austria having submitted to a major face-lift. No matter how modest, every schlöss had been freshly painted, their window boxes by the thousands overflowing with fresh multicolored flowers. The restaurants had made giant steps towards improvement and …
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June's Must-Try Food Guide
… them at farmers' markets now or grow your own; within two or three weeks of planting pea seeds (which you can even do in a window box ), you'll have edible shoots. Iced Tea. Although it seems every summer brings a new crop of bottled teas, there's …
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Your Midweek Treat
… Glass Garden Art Stakes, $10. Fade-resistant, handmade garden markers will help identify all the plants in your yard or window box . They’re customizable, too (our picks: fire-engine red for tomatoes and hot pink for French lavender).
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Embracing All Things Green
… Grow something. If you don't have room to create an orchard or a vegetable patch, even a little plot on your lawn or a window box will give you the satisfaction of using foods that you planted yourself. Some cities and towns have community garden projects …
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Grow Your Own Greens
… these five simple steps to get your garden growing: Pick Your Spot You can plant seeds in the ground, in a pot or in a sunny window box . No matter where you're planting, it's always important to start with good, healthy soil. If you're planting in …
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Healthy Children, Healthy Planet
… relationship many people have with their foods. Taking kids to a farm or experimenting with growing foods or herbs in the garden or window box can be a fun project. Avoid letting kids fill up on snacks. Otherwise, when it comes to meal times, they won't be hungry …
