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- Home, restored
Farm rhythms are easily recaptured, and a tree falls with compassion.
- Padlocks of love
A folk tale grows into a Russian tradition.
- Why I shop slowly here
Buying food means nurturing friendships.
- Visions of unsugared plums
Growing one’s own fruit is seductive, given most supermarket fare. But doing so can be demanding.
- Pleased with bees
Alarm becomes delight as a beekeeper arrives to rescue a swarm.
- The bear necessities
No. 1: When in bear country, don’t do what ‘Dora the Explorer’ does.
- Suave's lesson in 'soft skills'
The secret of success may be to act more like this Dominican street dog.
- When 'nice' is annoying
In striking up casual conversations, he unwittingly exasperates.
- My dinner with Reagan
Prepping for a speech to a full ballroom, he acknowledged his nervousness.
- Prime literary real estate
They like to imagine themselves living in grand fictional homes – or even humble ones.
- Mom, the family columnist
Her young son is aghast as his life begins to unspool in the local newspaper.
- A leap of language
Daunted by his Spanish homework, Anton moans with the belief that it’s a form of punishment.
- 93 days to achieve garden perfection
The annual garden tour is closer than it seems. Good thing pride works as fertilizer.
- It's a nerd's world
A child is stung by the resentment of his peers – until he learns he's in good company.
- A race he always won
As his father’s car rounded the bend, he would sprint down the street to home.
- Smokey in the boys' room
The bear crashed through the screen door and there, a mere five feet in front of me, was a jumbo-sized snout.
- Raising a food snob
Steered away from kids' fare as a child, he now demands only the best at every meal.
- Seeking company, finding community
Bored of the beach, a tourist attends a local church service.
- Ancient and modern: Iran's lush cuisine
As talk goes nuclear, a journalist gets a taste of the culture.
- Why I want to retire to Smallville
The comic-book version of Superman’s earnest, accepting hometown sounds like just the place.