Tag: garden writing
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Plant Dreaming Deep by May Sarton
When I was a young girl I spent Saturday mornings wandering the aisles of Powell’s Books in downtown Portland with my father Frank. Since my parents were very protective of their only daughter—and I was a good Catholic school girl—let’s just say this activity persisted for many years. One Saturday I happened upon a book…
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A Gardener Spends an Hour or Two at Powell’s Books
Last Friday the sun was out in the City of Roses and I was running around getting ready for my nieces’s 21st birthday party. Why not stop for a bit at Powell’s? Right? I have been visiting the nationally-known and locally-loved store since I was a girl and to say that it’s part of my…