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Winter In Derbyshire: painting by my dad, Mick.

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Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because
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Almost certainly the best photo I have taken - and ever will take - of a
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A traumatizing tale of visiting a restaurant in France. The grief of a friend,
who endured blindness in the late stage of her sickness, passing. People
over-interpreting the meaning of the opposite sex even for meaning-lite sex. The
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Thank you EVERYONE at Substack for the encouragement: what started off as a tiny
seed has grown into The Gardening Mind. And today we’re celebrating
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Painting of my dad and me at Slapton Sands, Devon, by my dad (winter, 2016).

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What I wouldn’t give to have Jimmy Carter taking over the White House in
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remained true to his roots as a peanut farmer and Sunday School teacher. The
quiet humility of his post-presidential service, which included working to build
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How to garden in January. Today I’ll be doing the things on the list that
involve staying indoors.

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There are more deeply interested readers in the world than our own cynicism
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Before Popular Information launched in July 2018, I remember asking [Hamish
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I loved [Wendy
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