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A Corny Tale

July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Posted in braces, California, corn, cornhusker, dentist, farm, firsts, food cravings, gardeners, humor, husband, Iowa, memoir, nature, Nebraska, outdoors, Pioneer seed corn, relationships, smut, Spain, Study abroad, summer, tornado1 Comment

It all started with a post on Facebook, showing how your average American doesn’t know how to shuck corn. If you are from Iowa in the 60’s, then you know how. We weren’t well off. As a matter of fact, people would give us bags of food, like homegrown apples, tomatoes, or corn. Our job… Continue reading A Corny Tale

The Tree Whisperer

July 13, 2018 Posted in California, gardeners, gardening, helpful strangers, humor, memoir, nature, outdoors, relationships, trees, worstLeave a comment

I walk my neighborhood once or twice most days. Since I am a tree hugger and have planted more than sixty trees at my various houses over the years, I will free a distressed tree when I see one. I carry scissors in my back pocket, the little ones used in kindergarten. That way, if… Continue reading The Tree Whisperer