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Summer at my fingertipsRain or drought, the thimbleberries arrive.- The chemistry of good cooksMeals for my summer job meant more than pancakes. I needed help.
Summer of the 'hummer'The season demands a title. It took me a while to recognize this one.- Blinky stays with meThe author can let most books go. But not this one.
Home, restoredFarm rhythms are easily recaptured, and a tree falls with compassion.- Padlocks of loveA folk tale grows into a Russian tradition.
- Why I shop slowly hereBuying food means nurturing friendships.
Visions of unsugared plumsGrowing one鈥檚 own fruit is seductive, given most supermarket fare. But doing so can be demanding.
Pleased with beesAlarm becomes delight as a beekeeper arrives to rescue a swarm.
The bear necessitiesNo. 1: When in bear country, don鈥檛 do what 鈥楧ora the Explorer鈥� does.
Suave's lesson in 'soft skills'The secret of success may be to act more like this Dominican street dog.- When 'nice' is annoyingIn striking up casual conversations, he unwittingly exasperates.
- My dinner with ReaganPrepping for a speech to a full ballroom, he acknowledged his nervousness.
- Prime literary real estateThey like to imagine themselves living in grand fictional homes 鈥� or even humble ones.
- Mom, the family columnistHer young son is aghast as his life begins to unspool in the local newspaper.
- A leap of languageDaunted by his Spanish homework, Anton moans with the belief that it鈥檚 a form of punishment.
93 days to achieve garden perfectionThe annual garden tour is closer than it seems. Good thing pride works as fertilizer.- It's a nerd's worldA child is stung by the resentment of his peers 鈥� until he learns he's in good company.
- A race he always wonAs his father鈥檚 car rounded the bend, he would sprint down the street to home.
Smokey in the boys' roomThe bear crashed through the screen door and there, a mere five feet in front of me, was a jumbo-sized snout.