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Beginner's Heart
grapevine, blue zones, and everyday practice
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Britton Gildersleeve
This is my unruly garden. To be fair, it’s mostly unruly because I forget it. I get caught up writing/ cooking/ drinking tea/ just vegging (and not the garden kind), and the day is gone. And I actually quite like gardening. Well, maybe that’s not totally true. Sometimes — like w/ exercise? — I like…
tonight’s dinner is brought to you by
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Britton Gildersleeve
Tonight was supposed to be leftover roast chicken w/ salad. But I found cherry tomatoes at the market, and it seemed like a good day (grey, damp, gloomy) to pretend it was summer. Especially since it’s supposed to get down to 44˚ tonight! So instead of salad & chicken, we’re having roast cherry tomatoes with…
writing, beginner’s heart
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Britton Gildersleeve
Writing is my practice. It took me a long time to recognise this, and even longer to accept it. It didn’t fit my (preconceived!) notions of what ‘practice’ looks like. But over the years, I’ve come to realise that writing — which I do daily, and multiple times daily, at that — is not easy…
spring springing
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Britton Gildersleeve
Spring done sprung. At least at my house — witness dogwoods, Japanese maple, my mother’s azaleas. I am sooo ready. The azaleas, as noted, came from my mother’s home, before she moved in with my sister. They weren’t the colour I would have chosen — although I love the Hershey red, now — but they…
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