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the magic of seeds…
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Britton Gildersleeve
Seeds are a GREAT metaphor. Unlike gardens… Well, maybe gardens work for some folks, but they don’t work for me when people use them to talk about multiculturalism. Hello, I GARDEN. At a verrry prestigious fellowship I once received, I sat at a table w/ a lot of pretty traditional academics. There were a few…
what feeds you?
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Britton Gildersleeve
This is a miracle tortoise. I’m not exaggerating: it survived THIRTY YEARS in a locked storeroom. With no water (so far as anyone could tell), and no ‘real’ food. Given, a vet told the family (who were totally blown away – who wouldn’t be??) that red-footed tortoises can go up to 3 years w/out eating.…
my own Amtrak writing retreat
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Britton Gildersleeve
Everyone who knows me even slightly knows I adore trains. They’re my favourite way to travel. Because a) you don’t get airsick (or carsick). And b) you can just sit…and write. It’s this tiny world where all that exists are you, the window on America (or France, or Holland, or Belgium, or Thailand, or wherever…), a dining…
gifts that need no wrapping
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Britton Gildersleeve
I have had the best day EVER. Full of FB messages, notes, a poem, gifts… I may be the luckiest of women. First? Both my wonderful sons called. Even from far-off Kuala Lumpur, younger son stayed up late to call this morning. And elder son called later, even w/ a stomach virus. My nephew wrote…
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