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Gardening, wearing masks, and small sacrifices
“There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware.” ~ Douglas Larson Saturday, May 16 … Last week, I caught myself laughing at the sheer irony: The governor of Michigan had lifted restrictions on nurseries and landscaping services, but nightly frost warnings made it impossible for anyone to plant anything. The weather was so unseasonably cold, in fact, that I dragged my beautiful Mother’s Day container gardens inside the house, several nights in a row. So I wondered if the folks who’d been grousing about the landscaping restrictions were happily chopping their shovels into the frozen soil. Across the state, Gov. Whitmer’s critics have been…
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True wealth
“We make ourselves rich by making our wants few.” ~Henry David Thoreau Our magnolia in May / Cindy La Ferle For more features and additional content, please visit the home page. Social media sharing options are located in the beige box below each day’s post.
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The irony of looking busy
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The value of experience
“If you would know the road ahead, ask someone who has already traveled it.” ~Celtic proverb Cindy La Ferle For more features and additional content, please visit the home page. Social media sharing options are located in the beige box below each day’s post.
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Natural science
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” ~Carl Sagan Marianne’s flowers / Cindy La Ferle For more features and additional content, please visit the home page. Social media sharing options are located in the beige box below each day’s post.
