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- An immigrant’s summer of firsts
One experience in the U.S. was so new that our Russian had no syntax to describe it.
- Water-saving tips for your garden
Rule No. 1: Don’t water if you don’t have to. Rule No. 2: ‘Go native.’
- How a toy farm bridged my worlds
As time passed and England grew distant, another landscape began to superimpose itself.
- How I discovered what’s in a name
A tale of three languages, several nations, and thousands of miles.
- Plant a peck of powerful peppers
If you can grow bell peppers, you can grow their hot cousins.
- One squirrel, two problems
The scratching noise was coming from the wood stove.
- 3 bdr., 3 bath, 1 tower
Good things come to those who wait, and wait, and wait.
- Yes, you can grow roses
When it comes to maintenance, new shrub varieties are practically care-free.
- Our dogs have no pedigree, but they do have ambition
Not to be show dogs, mind you: One wants to be a husky. The other aims to be a big black dog.
- A span for all seasons
Those few minutes on either side of 7 a.m. are unlike any other in my day.
- Life in the communications slow lane
I resisted e-mail until my mom urged me online. Can I draw the line at texting?
- Give bees a chance
Here’s how gardeners can help struggling honeybee populations.
- Winter’s bracing embrace
Despite it, people persist up in Maine. I know why.
- Call it ‘Decades of Home Improvement’
My kitchen art project began well enough, but that was some time ago.
- Impatient to garden? Start some seeds
Buying plants is pricey, and variety varies. Seeds are cheap, if you plan well.
- What I miss about Park’s Hardware
For a small investment of cash and time, it afforded wholesale satisfaction.
- Waiting for winter’s stubborn sunrise
After December’s solstice, days get longer – but not the mornings, at first.
- Breathtaking tales of slippery slopes
We never tired of Dad’s sledding story. We didn’t tell him ours, though.
- My son, the late-blooming mechanic
He told me he was going to technical school – for machinery.
- A tragedy shows what we share
The terrorist attack in Paris brings to mind a first year in France, and one friend in particular.