The Royal Sunset lilies are lacking their usual lush splendor, but at least they bloomed. There was a cow with two calfs this year who simply delighted in tromping all over the rock garden and taste testing everything in reach. All three of the Thunderhead sedum in the Duchess’s garden came back. And the Songbird…
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Storyknife Writers Retreat is honored and elated to be featured in The Giving List’s annual book! Dedicated to profiling organizations that benefit women, The Giving List organization curates a list and publishes it annually as a reference for people looking for good causes to support. (N.B.: If you’d like to know more about The Giving…
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I was sorting through the pantry and this surfaced. There was dust on the top and I thought “Hmmm.” Then I turned it over to look at the sell-by date. Trump wasn’t even in office for the first time yet. And before you ask, no. That can has been permanently retired.
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Canyon de Chelly (pronounced “shay”), yet another magical place in these United States. I was lucky enough to visit there in 2012. Canyon de Chelly is not Chaco Canyon, but I’m using it as a way into this story: Quote: “…the Trump administration’s plans to rescind a 10-mile buffer zone barring drilling and mineral extraction…
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In spite of an average four days of rain for every one of sun and the this year incessant interest from the moose (I chased off a cow and two calves with my car a couple of days ago), #inmygarden 2026 is not a total loss.
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Speaking as an Alaskan I’d have eliminated Texas, not New Mexico. xkcd (h/t Kottke)
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