Saturday Meanderings
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Saturday Meanderings

Good morning! This may be a shortened version of Saturday Meanderings as we are in Chicago for my son’s graduation from University of Chicago Booth School of Business. With a full itinerary, it is a bit challenging to find time to write a blog post! The weather here is perfect and we are doing lots…

Saturday Meanderings
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Saturday Meanderings

Happy Saturday from the White Mountains of Arizona! It’s been a few months since we have visited our cabin and no surprise to find cobwebs, lots of yard debris and a tankless water heater that is providing cold water only. Home ownership~a blessing and a curse. This is Finn’s first trip here and he is…

Gardening 101~How to Start Growing Things Yourself
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Gardening 101~How to Start Growing Things Yourself

Someone recently asked me if gardening takes a great deal of time…and I’ve been pondering the question ever since. I’ve been gardening for as long as I can remember.   Not only do I find it rewarding, but growing vegetables is a way to teach my children that food doesn’t just appear on a styrofoam tray. …

Growing Your Own Chamomile and Making Tea
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Growing Your Own Chamomile and Making Tea

When I was planting my garden years ago, my sweet daughter opened up a whole packet of chamomile seeds and scattered them far and wide, while squealing, “Wheeeeeeeeee”.  For those of you who know me, I am a geometric person, who likes things planted in rows, straight rows  I had no idea where the seeds…