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Tag Archives: yard care

Day 10: Burn Notice

Posted byMTApril 10, 2014Posted inStory projectTags: Lake Forest Open Lands, nature, Ragdale, yard care4 Comments on Day 10: Burn Notice

Pizza doh

I’m mad at food. Not all food, just the ingredients. Not all ingredients, just the ones I’ve purchased. Mostly the perishable ones. Unprepared, they wait in my kitchen. Five ripe tomatoes stare from a bowl when I pass by for a glass of water. Three bananas whisper, “Please don’t let us end up like the […]

Posted byMTMarch 26, 2012April 17, 2012Posted inStory projectTags: Dave, Esme, food, Starbeck, Syd, Xeena, yard care4 Comments on Pizza doh

Back up

The Katharine Hepburn of Horner Park has made a decision. I saw her yesterday. Dave and I took Django to the park, and stopped on the way to grab Zoe. Miss Hepburn’s sister greeted us at the door and said we’d meet the new caregiver when we got back. Zoe pulled cheerfully all the way […]

Posted byMTJuly 15, 2011July 15, 2011Posted inStory projectTags: Dave, Django, dogs, friends, park, yard care4 Comments on Back up

Howard Roark would be floored

We got a new push mower. Dave researched and researched online and finally ordered the Fiskars model. I figured they’d be good because of the scissors. It arrived just when we got back from lunch with T—, and she was staying for a cup of tea, so we couldn’t immediately open the box and put […]

Posted byMTMay 10, 2011May 17, 2011Posted inStory projectTags: Dave, family, First Slice, friends, yard care2 Comments on Howard Roark would be floored

Back in

My neighbor is back in the hospital. I saw her Friday and she seemed okay. For her. For where she’s at lately. Thin and weak and overwhelmed by the mountain of infirmities she’s been living under for the past few years, but able to smile; you know, okay. When I first met her at the […]

Posted byMTMay 4, 2011February 24, 2012Posted inStory projectTags: dogs, friends, neighbors, park, yard care3 Comments on Back in

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