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Now available in Print! “The Beet Goes On”

September 1, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

A perfect 5" by 7" Gift Book especially designed for best friends, for family, for your favorite gardener or dog lover. **********          **********          **********          **********          ********* "It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Beyond Cancer, Dogs, Friends, Grief and Loss, Life, Love, People Tagged With: aging, cancer, dogs, Erma Bombeck, Friends, gardening, humor, Susan Troccolo, The Beet Goes On, well-being, women

Teff: A love affair

August 30, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

By Ivy Entrekin editor's note: Ivy is a frequent commenter on this site and I'm so pleased to introduce her to you now as a guest author. Ivy is a personal chef, caterer, and one of the iconic band of Portland's "wait staff" who can tell you the provenance of your lunch. Her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Friends, Harvest, Love Tagged With: eczema, gluten-free, grains, irritable bowel syndrome, Ivy Entrekin, quinoa, Teff

Dogs in Portlandia (Part One)

April 17, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

Have you seen the quirky talked-about t.v. show Portlandia? It explains a lot. We do things differently around here. Even our dogs eat their antioxidants. What you can't see in the photograph is that all three pals are waiting patiently for blueberries. My blueberry bushes are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dogs, Friends, Life, Love Tagged With: Billy Collins, Border Collies in Portland, dog dharma, dogs in Portland, dogs in Portlandia, Portlandia

Winter Solstice 2012: Jenny’s garden

December 6, 2012 By Susan Troccolo

On one of the blogs I follow (http://gardenseyeview.com/2012/12/01/seasonal-celebrations-winter-solistice-2012/) the author challenged her readers to examine the meaning that the solstice had for them. I haven’t contributed to her site before, but the question struck a chord this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Grief and Loss, Letters to Jenny, Life, Love, People, Seasons in a Portland Garden Tagged With: garden, Jenny Griffin, Letters to Jenny, ovarian cancer, ritual, seed catalogs, solstice celebration, winter solstice

Welcome

December 5, 2012 By Susan Troccolo

Welcome Readers, Thanks so much for stopping by. This site has been designed as a creative home away from home, online digs for work in progress, a place to play and a place to connect. Since bloggers blog at the pleasure of our readers, you wonder what life, change, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Beyond Cancer, Change, Friends, Grief and Loss, Harvest, Letters to Jenny, Life, Love, Marriage, Mentors, Seasons in a Portland Garden, The Writing Life, Travel, Volunteering, Wordseeds: Writers in the Garden

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