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Salem Witches Class, Halfway Report
I am seeing the Mystery at work everywhere I look in Salem Village. Well, call it what you like: Creation, Evolution, or as Dylan Thomas said, “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower.” It’s in the mania … Continue reading
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I Need a Spell for Speed-Reading
The Salem Witches class meets every day this week and next, four hours per day, no absences allowed. On top of that, last night’s homework took eight hours. Tonight’s took seven and a half. Tomorrow promises more of the same, … Continue reading
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Shopping for the Salem Witch Trials Class
I stopped by my cousin Erica’s store to pick up the required reading for class (let’s call it exhibit A), when I came upon this irresistible supplementary material (exhibit B). What a double feature! Erica sure knows how to stock … Continue reading
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All Witches, All the Time
Next month I am going back to college to take a history class. It normally lasts a semester, but this is summer session so the whole thing is crammed into two weeks of unspeakable barbarities: alarm clocks, a commute, daily … Continue reading
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Studies Have Shown
In Japan there is a custom called shinrin-yoku, a.k.a. a visit to the woods to feel better about everything, a.k.a. forest bathing. And all this time you thought you were hiking! Turns out you were taking a bath, right there … Continue reading
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Perennial-Palooza in Super-Slow-Mo
This week I planted 53 food-producing perennials. I dug 53 holes and invited 53 dormant root systems to wake up and make a new life for themselves right here in my back yard. After that I stood up and massaged … Continue reading
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Look, Ma, No Tilling!
Remember how last summer I sheet-mulched the lawn to turn it into garden soil? Well check out this gorgeous dirt! It’s crumbly and moist and eager to feed lots of new roots. The recipe was cardboard, compost, straw and leaves, … Continue reading
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