Author Archives: Fran Gardner

Introducing Augie

My new (and first) grandchild is August Theodore Holden, born April 16, 2014, to Maggie Gardner and Jeff Holden in Cambridge, MA. These pictures are courtesy of Jeff. This is all so wonderful. I don’t know what else to say.

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Today is a rutabaga day

It has been my observation that most American kitchens do not contain sharp knives. In my kitchen, all the knives are well-honed and I use them all the time to cut, chop, and slice. In winter, I boil, steam, mash, … Continue reading

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Rembering Gerber knives and a dear friend

Yesterday, April 23, 2014, would have been my mother’s 100th birthday. She died in 2011 at the age of 97. My first grandchild, who would have been her second great-grandchild, was born just a week earlier, on April 16. His … Continue reading

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#100happydays Walking slowly opens a world of great beauty.

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#100happydays Fluffy white clouds. Sunlight, spring, warm. Happy.

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#100happydays Colors

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#100happydays "Hark, how my little pear tree in the hedge bends and scatters the field with clover; blossoms and dewdrops at the bent spray's edge…."

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#100happydays Flowering quince, one of my favorite things. Ever.

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#100happydays Getting a pedicure.

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#100happydays Sunlight on a wall. Just sunlight on a wall. That's all.

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