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My Last Garden

Graves. Headstones. Birth and death dates. Are we in a cemetery? No, we’re back at the Koblenz National Garden Show, where the program assures us, “a romantic woodland glade is the perfect setting for cemetery landscapers and stonemasons to demonstrate … Continue reading →

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Carried Off by a Chill

This weekend, I woke up with a cold. My body ached, my nose was stuffy, and I felt weak and miserable. Now, the American thing to do is to think about where I picked up the germ, so I thought … Continue reading →

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