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The Blogs I Read (past tense) Whatever happened to the blogger’s blog roll? Let’s bring it back! Here is mine – circa 2017. I think it is an interesting relic. I am holding this spot to eventually work my way back to checking in on all these people and places – and seeing how they […]
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Coming soon: the back story behind PITH + VIGOR, the print publication. The newspapers are all sold out and unavailable for purchase, but the spirit of the PITH + VIGOR newspaper lives on in this website. These are an index of all the stories contained in those newspaper pages. Some of them have also been […]
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My 4-year-old fell and split his chin open this morning…we have to wait until 3:00 to get stitches ( I didn’t know that so long as the bleeding has stopped — stitches can wait for up to 24 hours!?! – which is a good thing since the Urgent Care facility and ER are always completely […]
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Cute summer towns are a haven for houses with adorable little gardens. They are always tidy and like a properly dressed lady (whose handbag always coordinates with her shoes), the plants often coordinate with the house. Here in New England, you can find all sorts of inspiration for color coordinating your plants to your house in a […]
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Imagine talking plants. I thought these answers, given by school children at Tower Hill Botanic Garden (now New England Botanic Garden) over the recent winter break, were too charming and (sometimes) thoughtful not to share. Tell me – If you could talk to a plant – like really, actually have a conversation – what […]
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I hate Cleome. My disdain stems from a bad experience back when I was a baby gardener. In my baby gardener days, I had a tiny plot in front of a duplex (so really, I just had the right-hand side of the garden). I was eager to make my mark (my parents, of course, got […]
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