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  Aboard Zodiac, Puget Sound, WA The Pacific Northwest is always such a fun, interesting place to visit.  For this year's trek to the Wo...

Happy September--commence the Pumpkin Spice season.  I have never had a pumpkin spice latte (does not appeal) but I love pumpkin bread, pump...

Perfect cover for this book! I loved Heartwood by Amity Gaige, which I just finished listening to. This is a multiple POV story, and the di...

Three Sisters Garden in July Garden Notes It happens every year, August hits and I am ready to harvest and move on to other things, like wor...

The Heirloom Gardener , by John Forti - I've been following John Forti, the Heirloom Gardener, on Facebook and Instagram for a few years...

Garden Notes This week's star native is Bee Balm (aka Wild Bergamot). This fragrant perennial comes in lots of colors, has spikey flower...

Author Tracy Chevalier not only never repeats herself when it comes to her historical novels, diving into drastically different time periods...

  Constance at Staircase Wit mentioned  Niccolò Rising , by Dorothy Dunnett, as a potential summer read, and that reminded me that it was on...

Blanketflower First, a Garden Note This week's star native is Gaillardia, known to her friends as Blanketflower. She loves full sun and ...

  Fiona, the sentry guard dragon Last year, I spent my gardening budget on installing the native garden, the plants and all the fixin's,...