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Welcome, Grandmother
[photo of my grandmother, my mother and her siblings, circa 1940] Welcome, Grandmother My mother did not have a green thumb. Growing up, we had maybe three houseplants, the one, a Philodendron that hung in the living room, its … Continue reading
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Tagged bee balm, Canada, cleaning, daylily, Dr. Christine Northrup, ficus, genetics, Grandmother, green thumb, growing, immigrants, Italians, matrilineal naming circle, Mother-Daughter Wisdom, norfolk pine, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, Philodendron, pruning, Queen's Village, South Philadelphia, The Secret Life of Plants, vegetable gardening, Welcome, women's wisdom
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Xenophobia
Day 24 of the #AtoZChallenge Xenophobia But first — eXultation, as in, the feeling I am going to have when this freaking #AtoZChallenge is over! Until that time, however, I still have an obligation to X so let me just … Continue reading
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Tagged #atozchallenge, aliens, George Whitman, immigrants, immigration, Led Zeppelin, Native Americans, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, x-ray vision, Xenophobia
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Orphan Train
Orphan Train “[T]he people who matter in our lives stay with us, haunting our most ordinary moments. They’re with us in the grocery store, as we turn a corner, chat with a friend. They rise up through the pavement; we … Continue reading
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Tagged aging out of foster care, book review, foster care, homelessness, immigrants, orphan
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