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To Make Something Beautiful

November 18, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

I don’t know about you, but it’s always hard to see the last leaves fall. Here in Portland, we still have a lot of stunning color, but the winds and rain are here in earnest, and the leaves won’t be around for long. We’ve been taking long walks with Fly, our dog, and when we come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, People, The Writing Life Tagged With: Beauty, cancer, Mary Oliver, Memoir, Personal Essays, Story Circle Book Review, Susan J. Tweit, Thanksgiving

The + and the – of Aging, One Woman’s List.

October 7, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

    Many of you know that I write stories about the experience of aging (with the garden as a metaphor.) What a great job! Sometimes it is sad. But it is never dull. I look at aging as a kind of pilgrimage into a foreign land with no visa. Yesterday, I happened upon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Change, Life, People Tagged With: aging, Aretha Franklin, Friends, kale, Martha & the Vandelas, Martin Guitar, Racoon Up the Stump Pump, Susan Troccolo, The Eagles

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

Fly and her farm family

September 1, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

The Fabulous Fly and her farm family For anyone who hasn't heard, we are having a brutal fire season in the Pacific Northwest. I’m writing on a day when the smoke is filling the air and we hear that 12,000 acres of land have already been burned in the forests of eastern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dogs, Food, Life, People Tagged With: Border Collies, Lambs, Magnolia Farm, sheep farming, sheepdogs, Susan Troccolo

Good For Your Heart…down to your toes.

June 22, 2015 By Susan Troccolo

From the tip of your summer toes to your heart, my eBook makes good summer reading…AND it’s almost here. I’m so pleased to announce that that The Beet Goes On: Essays on Friendship & Breaking New Ground is almost ready for my subscribers FREE on the blog. In about two weeks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aging: Gamesmanship and Strategy, Life, People, The Writing Life Tagged With: aging, floaters, free eBook, summer solstice, The Beet Goes On

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