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I sing in praise of putteringTo putter is to improve the things at hand the way one cannot with the world at large.
Making a MacGyver in Costa RicaThe 1980s TV action hero lives on 鈥� as a metaphor for creative adaptation.
I am taught by towelsHow have I learned Scottish phrases? Let鈥檚 say I soak up knowledge.聽
Compassion keeps knockingOur front door seems far too accessible in this African city.
Tossing what the clutter elves snuck inI felt like Daniel Boone taming a vast wilderness 鈥� my overstuffed basement.
Finding the everyday in the exoticTo travel is to encounter the unfamiliar and strange. But not always.聽
Notes to my garden denizensFeeding birds, planting asparagus 鈥� even sleeping at night 鈥� are hardly routine.
Setting a course for solo adventureI have long loved to travel in a way that gives some of my friends pause.
How 鈥榟oly days鈥� became vacationThe etymology of聽holiday聽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.
What we know about blackberriesThat galloping sound? The rising darkness? Look out! Here they come!
The book next to the one I was looking forI never mastered the art of efficient library research. But I found great stuff.
Puppy love, it鈥檚 notA Labrador retriever provides a couple with a lesson in listening and love.
Our rocky road to rhododendronsAny way you looked at it, Plaza Lake meant adventure.
Of time, tide, and graduationMastery can be the work of one moment, or the task of many.
My tuna fish revelationHow could something so dreary become so dreamy?
Take me outside the ball gameHow newlyweds with dueling team loyalties were united by a ballpark.
Attack of the purple 鈥榖ean trees鈥�We鈥檇 had wisteria for years before we were struck by this odd attribute.聽
Meanwhile in ... Greenland, dog sleds were used to rush ballots to remote polling areasAnd in聽Freetown, Sierra Leone,聽they are seeing fewer abused chimps in need of help.
Learning English with a drawlWe were Vietnamese refugees. 鈥楳r. Water鈥� was our texas landlord.
The payback of follow-through鈥業鈥檒l send you a postcard,鈥� I said to the phone store clerk.