What makes a visit anywhere especially memorable? The people.
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Weekly Post
Why do I garden? I garden because there’s nothing better than being in the garden as the morning sun creeps over the horizon, the dew is on the leaves, and a lone cardinal calls out to its mate. A red-tailed hawk lands on a fence inches away from me, surveying the garden for its next meal. It’s about as close to nature as you can get. The only sounds heard are the sounds of nature.
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Freedom is a question of perspective. And the border that divides Mexico and the United States is a prime example.
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All things consist of carrying to term and then giving birth. To allow the completion of every impression, every germ of feeling deep within, in darkness, beyond words, in the realm of instinct unattainable by logic, to await humbly and patiently the hour of the descent of new clarity: that alone is to live one’s art, in the realm of understanding as in that of creativity.
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This letter was sent by an American living in Sendai to her loved ones after the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan (March 11, 2011).
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It is a kind of love, is it not?
How the cup holds the tea,
How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare,
How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes
Or toes.
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The Cattail
The beautiful Cattail dinnerware design was sold by many companies in the 1930′s and 40′s, most notable Sears and Roebuck, Universal Pottery and Hall China. Its striking Chinese red-colored blooms on an ivory background made it a bestseller. Although collectible and used for display, what is more important is that it immortalizes a remarkable wildflower that has myriad uses along with medicinal properties.
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Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors
which it passes to a row of ancient trees.
You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you,
one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth,
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What better occasion could there be to introduce the art of the cutting flowers than Valentine’s Day?
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Blue Willow
Once upon a time … actually, this would be an ideal way to begin the story behind the Blue Willow design of dinnerware because it is an ancient tale. Its origins date back to feudal China. One version involves secret societies and invading marauders while another tells the tale of the early Buddhists who called heaven The City of Willows. The design, originally called Mandarin, features a great willow tree in the foreground, a bridge with three figures on it, and a walled temple in the background. Above a body of water are two doves eternally bound together.
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