Marie’s dad, Chester Reinke, left a rich legacy of life lessons. His examples will live forever in my mind. Duty When his divorced mother contracted tuberculosis and was no longer able to care for Chet and his two sisters (one older, one younger), she had to send them to an orphanage more than 50 miles
It’s mid-summer and my garden is busy growing – but nothing like I planned. Reading New Vegetable Garden, (a prior post) might give more insight into my madness. Auspicious beginnings By mid-April, I had planted all of my babies and was anxiously awaiting the bounty harvest. As planned, I purchased six strawberry plants with the
Sitting idly on my back porch on Saturday evening, a crazy idea idea popped into my head: Would Hazel and Robbie like to plant a pumpkin patch? Excited, I immediately dashed a text off to Annie: If you have time tomorrow, I’d like to bring over the makings for a pumpkin patch – a small
My morning tea comes with an inspiring tag. Sometimes a game-changer. Taking a break for a month long cruise with Marie in January left me in a quandary about what to do next. Not just tomorrow – for the rest of my life. At 83, I’m in excellent health, I have a great marriage and
Last fall after watching https://www.bluezones.com/documentary/The Blue Zones, I was inspired to start a vegetable garden – something I’d never done in my more than 80 years. Here’s the beginning: The next step was deciding what to plant and where, using the Garden Planner app from The Farmer’s Almanac. The ground was still too cold for
