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Panic. “Oh no, here I go again!” I said as the heart pounded, fear gnawed my insides, hands perspired, and brain locked rigidly into Danger mode. Logic and clear thinking would now be suffocated by the black cloud of confusion … Continue reading
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Busted Cover
Shame, they say, hates being shared. Once shared it can’t survive. Shame loves secrecy. A few years ago I, a closet non-gardener, stupidly infiltrated a herb garden workshop hoping for cooking ideas. The situation turned itchily uncomfortable early on. … Continue reading
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Tagged adult literacy, carrots, compost, gardening, gardening beginner, rice, shame sharing, side dish, vegetarian
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Nowruz!
Nowruz! The Amazing Zoroastrians Oh dear. We missed it –Persian New Year. Why, you ask, is that important to our culture here whose immediate worry is how to find hand gel, toilet paper, and tinned tomatoes in empty-shelved grocery shops, … Continue reading
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Tagged carrots, Iran, New Year, New year celebrations, New Year customs, onions, rice, spring, vegan, Vernal Equinox, Zoroastrians
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An Age-free Community
A strange meeting Although there was no one in sight in this vast empty 360- degree landscape, the footsteps were spookily audible. The air was clear, scented with wild herbs, a breath-taking change from Tehran’s pollution below. And silent! Blissfully … Continue reading
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Tagged age, age free life, age restricted life, ageism, anti-ageist, gluten free, group membership, hiking in Iran, rice krispies, snack, vegetarian
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All of our operators are busy
All of our operators are busy right now…. (A telephone conversation I wish I could have.) Hello automated voice? I….yes I KNOW I’m 20th in line, you told me that 12 seconds ago. And I’ve heard about your website address. … Continue reading
Greeting Cards
Receiving “Faithful friends that are dear to us, gather near to us once more…” goes the cheesy Christmas song we crooned last night at the winter sing-along. I love receiving cards and letters and news and emails, and telephone … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, cards, Christmas, Greetings, mail, post persons, thoran, vegan, vegetables
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Fish!
Welcome to our new house. When we bought our house I had no idea that its existing inhabitants would be so much trouble and cost so much. “And here is the pond,” said Steve, the then owner. “We thought at … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, carp, fidget pie, fish, gardens, pie, pond, pond cleaning, puff pastry, sludge, vegetarian
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The Kindness of Strangers…..
And how a Saboteur saved my Husband’s life We’ve just come back from a month’s holiday zig-zagging across America to see as many of my relatives as possible, and it was a time wrapped in beauty, new vision and … Continue reading
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Tagged acts of kindness, America, carb-free, justice, main dish, strangers, travel, welcome, World War II
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Doors — more humiliation
Doors – and More Humiliation! One thing about building a community is its individual welcome, and DOORS are part of that welcome. I love the wreaths that my Indiana sister puts on her front door, that change according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Hall, chicken, doors, fish, India, meat, sauce, spareribs, tofu, tomato, vegan, vegetarian, wedding shower, welcome
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