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{weblog_name} - reconnecting with place
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My oldest son and daughter-in-law live literally one block away from me, over the river and through the woods. To see them emerging from the stippled wooded land behind our house onto the grassier “meadow” of our backyard is to imagine that I indeed live beside an enchanted forest. The only problem is that sometimes, when they come, the ground is wet, muddy in parts. So I have determined that my project for the summer is to build them a path. First I had to determine who would do this. It quickly became apparent that to contract with a yard company would cost way too much. Besides, I had discovered two summers ago that while gardening was not exactly my cup of tea, heavier-duty yard work - moving stones, improving soil, composting, raking, working with wood, did have an… read more