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Tiny Happiness
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. ~ Golda Meir Tiny Happiness … Continue reading
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Happiness: First Tomato of 2026
When I think of summertime as a kid, I think of my Grampy’s gardens full of tomatoes, buckets heaping with blackberries, and countertops lined with an assortment of Ball jars, ready to can the flavor of summer. ~ Damaris Phillips … Continue reading
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The Joy of Gardening
The Joy of Gardening Gardening is one of my best early memories. I remember digging in the garden in the backyard of the house I spent most of my time growing up in. We had a garden plot in the … Continue reading
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Three Questions, April 13, 2025
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~ Margaret Atwood Three Questions, April 13, 2025 You can find the background to The Three Questions in my recent post about it. I’ll be answering … Continue reading
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Three Questions – December 1st
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller The Three Questions – Day 1 You can find the background to The Three … Continue reading
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Happiness is my tiny patio garden
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. ~ Alfred Austin I love gardening! It’s probably my oldest … Continue reading
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The Joy of Growing and Cooking Food
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne It’s funny, because I’m a single guy and too many people have a sitcom level of understanding of the complexity of … Continue reading
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A Happy Garden Update
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. ~ Alfred Austin I mentioned this in a post a … Continue reading
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My Happy Little Garden
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero One of the downsides of apartment living for me is the lack of opportunity for gardening. Ever since I was five, I’ve grown … Continue reading
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Holiday Happiness: The Twelfth Secret
Holiday Happiness: The Twelfth Secret Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone and … Continue reading
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