by svsauthor | May 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
I may have mentioned in earlier blogs that I am writing a book-length manuscript about Clare being raised by a first generation Taiwanese American mom and a fourth generation Midwestern American dad. While the book revolves around Clare, I did take brief looks at the...
by svsauthor | May 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
One of the appeals of vegetable gardens is a sense of self-sufficiency. If I had to live on what comes out of my garden, I’d last about a week, but I still enjoy the illusion. I put eating from my garden in the same category as imagining that I am an explorer when I...
by svsauthor | Apr 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Each spring I am full of hope in terms of my yard. The grass is green, and the weeds, but for dandelions, have yet to fully emerge. I dive into yard work and optimistically think that this might be the year when a little effort in April and May will pay off come July...
by svsauthor | Apr 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
My daughter Clare turned twenty-seven years old last month. Her birthday made me wonder where I was and what I was doing when I was the age that Clare is now. Adding twenty-seven to my year of birth revealed that the year was 1981. It was January 1981 when I put my...
by svsauthor | Apr 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
I recently watched the new PBS series about Henry David Thoreau. I did not learn much that I didn’t already know, but it got me to pick up my old copy of Walden. I own four copies of the book, three of them gifts from family members, but I always read from the same...
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