Thanksgiving in a Hubcap
This week, families will be making big decisions. The decision will be how, or if, to get everyone together for a feast, as is the...
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LIFE'S A GARDEN
Musings About Family, Travel And Gardening With Allen Martinson.
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Dec 4, 20207 min read
Flying Christmas Trees and Camper Nerds
I always know it’s the Christmas season, because this time of year everybody in the nursery business has sticky fingers, wears a pocket...
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Dec 4, 20206 min read
Old Man Winter Gives Us a Break
We are heading into a week that I like to call my wrap-up week. There are some things in our yards that need to have been done by now, or...
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martinsonsgw
Nov 11, 20206 min read
Memorial Garden to my Father
This is a week with lots going on in the world and right here at home. We have elections behind us, so I guess the campaigning for the...
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martinsonsgw
Nov 11, 20205 min read
Message in a Bottle
There is not a lot of tourism in this area, and getting around puts a traveler in some pretty tight quarters. Getting from place to place...
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martinsonsgw
Oct 28, 20206 min read
Garden Club Socials
AT GARDEN WORKS we have two rooms available to garden clubs to hold their meetings. When Covid came around the clubs were not able to...
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martinsonsgw
Oct 28, 20205 min read
Marrakesh Express
DURING THE FIRST YEAR after Mimi and I got married, Mimi was teaching English literature and coaching cross country at Madison Ridgeland...
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martinsonsgw
Oct 28, 20205 min read
Whistle While We Work
MANY DAYS WHEN Mimi and I get home from work we are dirty, tired and excited. We are excited about the day we just had or we are excited...
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martinsonsgw
Oct 28, 20204 min read
Slender Trees and Warty Pumpkins
AS WE ROLL INTO October there is a change in the air. We have finally reached the temperatures that make things change in our yard and in...
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martinsonsgw
Oct 28, 20206 min read
Homecoming
WHEN MY PARENTS came down to Grenada to visit me while I was a Peace Corps volunteer, I’ll never forget the day my father and I spent on...
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martinsonsgw
Oct 28, 20203 min read
A Lot of Work & A Lot of Fun
I HAD THE WEEKENDS OFF and was surrounded by the most beautiful beaches on earth so I spent my weekend crabbing and resting around the...
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martinsonsgw
Oct 28, 20205 min read
South American Visitors
I WAS STARING OUT my kitchen window in a daze while I mulled over what this week’s article would be about. All of the travel tales, so...
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