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Friendship through Flowers
The Northwest Flower and Garden Festival ended on February 18. My forsythia, at first had only a couple of flowers blooming, ended up with more blossoms by the time I took it down. This year the timing was just right! On Sunday at 6 pm. The show was over, and it was time to take…
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Excitement of Transformation
How this hard bud of forsythia will turn out next week It’s cold here in Seattle. My forsythia in the backyard doesn’t have a slight hint of blooming anytime soon. The Northwest Flower and Garden Festival is coming up in a week, and I’m supposed to make an Ikebana arrangement for the Ikebana International Seattle…
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How to Make Miso at Home
Can it be that simple? Miso is an ingredient I grew up with, but I never saw my mother making miso at home. When one of my tea ceremony friends told me she makes miso at home from scratch once a year, I said, ”Oh, please let me join you when you make it next…
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Power of Hope
Japan Ministry of Defence (防衛省), CC BY 4.0
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Life and Sweeping the Floor
Is there any similarity between the two? It’s an early Saturday morning. Raining. Is it mist or cloud covering the sky? My husband is still in bed. I go downstairs, pick up a dry mop, and start sweeping the hardwood floor in the living room. Although the floor looks clean, after several trips back and…