Dispatches From The Shed

Ten Saturdays

Re(finding) My Creative Way With Clothes

Sep 7 • 

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August 2025

Lanternflies, Tree of Heaven, and other Invaders

In early July, after weeks of rain, during the humid heat wave smothering my yard like a wet and heavy wool blanket, they came.

Aug 17 • 

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July 2025

Fox(gloves) in the Garden

The tall and rather elegant plant with its purple throated pink bell-like flowers grows well in the shade.

Jul 4 • 

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June 2025

After the Fall: Unruly Blooms

This year I sense an urgency in the behavior of the plants that make up my gardens.

Jun 20 • 

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May 2025

After the Fall: What Got Shaken Up (aside from my hip joint)

Last week, while on my way to mail a letter honking along during my usual high speed power walk, I trip and fall.

May 17 • 

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Back in the Shed

Confessions and A Dream

May 5 • 

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April 2025

Products of Real Life

“‘This is the best time of my life.

Apr 28 • 

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The Seventies Show

The photo is black and white.

Apr 22 • 

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March 2025

Printed Matter

Women's History Month, Bookstores and Finding a Porch to Stand On

Mar 31 • 

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Dressing Rooms, Tearooms and Other Provocative Spaces

On my Edwardian, gold embossed, green leather covered ladies’ writing desk is a bouquet of Trader Joe’s flowers in a small version of a mason jar.

Mar 14 • 

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Experiments, Liminal Space, Joy and Dread

Scattered across my still partially frozen yard, my thoughts lie next to the mementos left by pine trees shedding.

Mar 1 • 

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February 2025

A Woman Possessed

Icicles hang like small daggers from the garage roof.

Feb 23 • 

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