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Notes to my garden denizens
Feeding birds, planting asparagus – even sleeping at night – are hardly routine.
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My tuna fish revelation
How could something so dreary become so dreamy?
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Take me outside the ball game
How newlyweds with dueling team loyalties were united by a ballpark.
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Attack of the purple ‘bean trees’
We’d had wisteria for years before we were struck by this odd attribute.
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Meanwhile in ... Greenland, dog sleds were used to rush ballots to remote polling areas
And in Freetown, Sierra Leone, they are seeing fewer abused chimps in need of help.
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Learning English with a drawl
We were Vietnamese refugees. ‘Mr. Water’ was our texas landlord.
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Setting a course for solo adventure
I have long loved to travel in a way that gives some of my friends pause.
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How ‘holy days’ became vacation
The etymology of holiday is easy to see, coming from 'holy day,' a day of particular religious significance, often celebrating the life of a saint, during which no work was to be done.
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What we know about blackberries
That galloping sound? The rising darkness? Look out! Here they come!
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The book next to the one I was looking for
I never mastered the art of efficient library research. But I found great stuff.
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Puppy love, it’s not
A Labrador retriever provides a couple with a lesson in listening and love.
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Our rocky road to rhododendrons
Any way you looked at it, Plaza Lake meant adventure.
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Of time, tide, and graduation
Mastery can be the work of one moment, or the task of many.
Photos of the Week 08/20 Photos of the week
Morgan Hurd competes on the balance beam at the US Gymnastics Championships on Aug. 19, in Boston.
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The payback of follow-through
‘I’ll send you a postcard,’ I said to the phone store clerk.
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Meanwhile on ... Scotland's Isle of Lewis and Harris, Christians are extending a welcoming hand to a new mosque
And in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the government has allowed more than 200 indigenous Bronze Age artifacts to leave the country for the first time.
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The Niger that I know
US friends worry about safety in Niger; Nigerien friends worry about US school shootings.
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A few old words worth rescuing
English is a sort of free-for-all in which well-tempered words persist.
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The strawberry of Dave’s dreams
Oregon’s climate is ideal for this fruit – except for the climate in my garden.
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How Mom made fudge by feel
Sometimes it was rock-hard. Other times, it was fudge sauce. But other times ...
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A journey from distrust to teammates
I’d been duped by beggars before. This time, we both had something to offer.
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How to solve the homework problem
Some want to abolish it. Mr. Markiewicz and I have an idea.
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Meanwhile... in Ga-Molepo, South Africa, local entrepreneur Jeffrey Mulaudzi is bringing bike-sharing to students
And in the Pitcairn islands, residents are hoping to see their home named as a dark sky sanctuary, while in Cali, Colombia, collectors of Afro-Caribbean vinyl records have been meeting annually for 26 years.
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Why won’t my animals listen to me?
A horse, a cow, and a steer all share the same attitude toward shelter and warmth.
