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The Yin and Yang of Spring

March 7, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

The intensity of early Spring brings lots of excitement and with all this activity come tumultuous feelings along for the ride. It has taken me so long to learn that. It is for this reason that I’m joining in with two of my favorite gardening memes: Donna’s wonderful meme … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Life, Seasons in a Portland Garden Tagged With: Energy, Lessons Learned, Masculine and Feminine Seasons, Seasonal Celebrations, spring, Yin and Yang

Spring? Update on Book

February 24, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

Every Autumn I plant bulbs like crazy—I'm partial to Parrot Tulips—so the typically cold and rainy Portland spring will give me glorious color. It's been so warm—really warm—that the bulbs are coming up early. Here is a little color for you friends on the east coast who are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Beyond Cancer, Letters to Jenny, Life, People, Seasons in a Portland Garden, The Writing Life, Wordseeds: Writers in the Garden Tagged With: Letters to Jenny, parrot tulips, social media, spring 2015, Susan Troccolo, Winter 2015

Portland’s Japanese Garden

February 9, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.  -Basho The Japanese Garden of Portland, Oregon sits on 5.5 acres of lush tranquility just at the outskirts of a busy city. Open year round due to the mild climate of Portland, it has been proclaimed the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Seasons in a Portland Garden, Travel, Wordseeds: Writers in the Garden Tagged With: Basho, Japanese Gardens, Lacquerware, Portland's Japanese Garden, Professor Takuma Tono, Susan Troccolo

Meyer Lemons in Winter

January 21, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

  Is there anything more exciting for a gardener than to harvest lemons in the middle of winter? I brought these in last week from the greenhouse and couldn't resist photographing them to share. Aren't they beauties? They are called Meyer Improved. The Improved part seems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friends, Life, Seasons in a Portland Garden, The Writing Life Tagged With: blogging, Blue Buddha, book publishing, Kate Dwyer, Meyer Lemons

For Every Thing There is a Season….Blogcation!

January 8, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

  To Everything There is a Season…and a time to every Purpose: BLOGCATION!   Greetings to all in the New Year. Hopefully you had a peaceful and happy holiday with those you love best. It was great hearing from so many of you. Many thanks to Ginnie for this “Squash … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Friends, Life, People, The Writing Life Tagged With: Blogcation, Change, Friendship, Growing Down Stories, Kate Dwyer, seasons, Susan Troccolo

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