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- Color me confusedI needed paint; what I got was a lesson in how things have changed.
- One quilt, three blessingsCould I sew a baby quilt to donate to a good cause, my son texted 鈥 in two weeks?
- Waving at antsGraduates in a stadium and friends who are departing get the same hail and farewell.
- I have shoes for any occasionRiot gear for Africa? Rhinestone cowboy wear? Yep, and more.
- Don't overlook the ordinaryThe humble petunia is extraordinary for its variety and ease of cultivation.
- Why I travel, rather than tourTo view a picture of a cake is hardly to experience a cake.
- When obfuscation is a good thingWorking on a technical book reminds the Monitor's language columnist how language is about connotation as well as denotation.
- My mandate to be boldA Monitor photographer gets over shyness to be the eyes of a readership.
- Of bovines and waterlinesAs we dig a trench, our cows' instincts hinder, then help.
- Color schemes 鈥 imported from the Caucasus?The 'all of the above' identities of the Boston bombing suspects illustrate the conflation of 'color' and religion.
- Picture this...In a digital age, you'd think school photos would be a snap.
- A fig orchard on your patioDwarf fig for container gardening grows outside in summer, comes inside in winter.
- Pie transports meWhen the package arrived in Saudi Arabia, it sent me home.
- Kandinsky spoke 'language of color'Russian-born artist Wassily Kandinsky changed the course of modern art forever.
- Babushka's giftShe was happy to be useful, with little time for unkind thoughts.
- A bus-stop tennis clinicWe were stuck in rural Panama. Then kids began throwing rocks at us.
- Call of the wild: Feed me!Cute animals brought out a maternal instinct. But then her project grew.
- Put your orchids on iceThey're not as fragile as you think. and here's how to help them thrive.
- A witness in GalileeThe author hikes the 'Jesus Trail' and finds insight and resolve.
- Why ur txt msg isn't that gr8I long for the audio in communication.