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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

Helping the New Gardener (who helped You?)

February 8, 2013 By Susan Troccolo

  “And where does satisfaction come from? I think it comes from contact with the materials And lives of this world, from the mutual dependence Of creatures upon one another, from fellow feeling.” Wendell Berry, The Gift of Good Land   There is something about a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friends, Harvest, Life, Seasons in a Portland Garden Tagged With: Friends, Life, neighbors, new gardener, Seasons in a Portland Garden

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