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My American dream is greenIn a cycle of homegrown food 鈥� seeding, growing, tending, harvesting 鈥� I came to understand a different version of the American dream.
How the object of my search found me insteadI had to have one, just one, of my very own, found on my own. Beach time for me became Petoskey time, no exceptions.
Mastering the language of my second homeVocabulary and cadences, phrasings and simple expressions shifted from canton to canton, even valley to valley.聽
I keep on the sunny side of sidingI maintain that willful avoidance of difficult subjects is a successful emotional strategy, and I鈥檓 good at it.
My kingdom for an egg creamI have limited myself to one egg cream per week, and how I long for Friday evening when I whip up heaven鈥檚 own soda.
A lifelong gift from the grand shamanThe Grand Shaman always wanted to know what we had observed in the woods that week. It was time for nature reports.
A little toy car鈥檚 cycle of happinessMy grown-up grandchildren's new toys consist of electronics. So I decided to pass along the little red-and-yellow toy car聽to someone else鈥檚 driveway.
Why my mother counted only her 鈥榖eauties鈥�My mom's approach at scoring golf makes me wonder if I can become more optimistic simply by acting that way.
In which I discover that coleslaw is not so simpleHow hard could the recipe be, right? Five ingredients, the most obvious of which is cabbage.
On the road, I follow a paper trailBut to my 13-year-old companion, such maps are like rotary phones.
Our animal problem comes home to roostThe trouble began when I decided we needed a few more chickens for our backyard flock.
What a 9-year-old saw in Teddy RooseveltHis success crystallized my aspirations. If I could only be like Teddy, how sweet life would be.
I was 3 for 10Mrs. Lane knew I needed help, and she found a way to help me.
The day I heard poetry callIn Mr. Katz鈥檚 class, the mundanities of junior high yielded to a 鈥榤ud-lucious鈥� world.
A driver鈥檚 educationI was late for my teaching assignment when a dicey shortcut presented itself.
We are observedWe saw their comings and goings. Then we found where they went.- What鈥檚 in a name? For flowers, plenty.There鈥檚 the garden name, several local ones, and the long latinate moniker.
Heavenly help for the working dogA modest achievement in my work as an interfaith activist: A canine rationale.
How I tapped into my success鈥楲earn to type,鈥� my immigrant mother urged me. It鈥檚 an 鈥楢merican skill.鈥櫬�
It鈥檚 not just a game 鈥� it鈥檚 a lifestyleThere鈥檚 nowhere to hide from basketball in Bloomington, Ind.