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    Bloom & Plume: Embracing individuality
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    Bloom & Plume: Embracing individuality

    I needed this...we collectively need this...a Southern California floral designer, Maurice Harris, who successfully taps into his...
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    When the Ahwahnee Hotel was Briefly Mid-Century Modern
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    When the Ahwahnee Hotel was Briefly Mid-Century Modern

    Postcards, a rarity within today’s electronic immediacy, offer an opportunity to see history in ways that may not be caught in websites...
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    Thomas Jefferson and the Corona Virus
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    Thomas Jefferson and the Corona Virus

    If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he would ask, “Haven’t we learned anything about the proliferation of disease?” In his time,...
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    Eden Revisited
    • 4 min

    Eden Revisited

    The bucket list of Northern California public and quasi-public gardens. Motivated by 1993's Visiting Eden, by Joan Chatfield Taylor and...
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    Quote Capture: Celia Thaxter
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    Quote Capture: Celia Thaxter

    On weeds, men, and the California Poppy: Weeds and Men: Mrs. Gatty (the mother of that beautiful woman, Juliana Horatia Ewing, who has so...
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    Quote Capture: Frederick Law Olmsted
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    Quote Capture: Frederick Law Olmsted

    Before Olmsted designed Central Park or became America's first landscape architect. Twelve years after Texas statehood, Frederick Law...
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    Because It's Overdue: Joining the Plastic Free July Challenge
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    Because It's Overdue: Joining the Plastic Free July Challenge

    This is how I started my Plastic Free July challenge, shopping. My Jeep is kept stuffed with reusable grocery bags, yet so many times I...
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    Hummel Girl
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    Hummel Girl

    How a fragile object reveals my family’s tragedy and perseverance Our family’s material culture fits in a shoe box. A mason’s bible,...
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    Before Breaking Bread
    • 2 min

    Before Breaking Bread

    Baking makes me feel human. It always has, because the first person in my life that helped me feel whole was our neighbor who invited me...
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    Rethinking Plastic Waste
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    Rethinking Plastic Waste

    A mother's practice becomes a son's career and personal choice When after my mother past away and emptying out her home became necessary,...
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    Making a Front Yard into a Welcoming Entry Garden
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    Making a Front Yard into a Welcoming Entry Garden

    The Welcoming Garden: Designing Your Own Front Garden, by Gordon Hayward There are some books that stick with me, and The Welcoming...
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