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Peonies

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It’s that wonderful moment in the garden when everything is possible again. The damp chilly spring meant a slow start to the growing season.  But now the freshly minted grass, dew-laden in the morning, is thick and spongy as a bathroom rug. Even the finicky continus shrubs and rugosa roses are showing signs of life— their rows of hard red bumps erupting into leaf overnight.   The great classical...

Dandelions

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I’ve always loved dandelions. As a child, I thought they were named for dandy-looking lions — with those round yellow heads and shaggy ruffs.  Though, in fact, the name apparently derives from the French dent-de-lion or lion’s tooth, referring to their jagged leaves.  That doesn’t take away from their whimsical, almost magical appeal. They can be both food (my father used to pick them for salads)...

Mud time

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Mud time arrives in the Berkshires like a bout of anxiety. The clearly defined whites and blacks of winter give way to a queasy beige.  There are downed branches everywhere, hummocks of gravel spewed up by the snowplow.  Everything seems slightly off kilter in the unforgiving light that lingers too long into the afternoon. The frozen dirt road with its well-defined runnels turns overnight into a...

A beautiful blog with no images required

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What could possibly go wrong?

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The simplest ways to choose the best coffee

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Liza Bennett attended the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is a former advertising and publishing executive. She founded Bennett Book Advertising, Inc. (now, Verso Advertising), which specialized in book publishing accounts and built it into the industry leader. Since selling the agency, she has had four novels published, all of which are set in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, where she lives half the year.

In addition to having served as the Chair of the Academy of American Poets, on its Executive Committee, and Emeritus Circle, Bennett serves on the board of the Friends of the West Stockbridge Library and is secretary of the West Stockbridge Historical Society.