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Susan Wittig Albert
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Every spring, I miss the lilacs I grew up with in Illinois--miss their distinctive fragrance and their lovely purple flowers....
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Thyme of Death (China Bayles, #1)
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Witches' Bane (China Bayles, #2)
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1993
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Hangman's Root (China Bayles, #3)
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1994
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Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles, #4)
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1995
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Chile Death (China Bayles, #7)
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1998
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Rueful Death (China Bayles, #5)
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1996
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Lavender Lies (China Bayles, #8)
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1999
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Bloodroot (China Bayles, #10)
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2001
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The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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2004
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Love Lies Bleeding (China Bayles, #6)
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1997
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The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter
(8 books)
by Susan Wittig Albert (Goodreads Author)
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by Susan Wittig Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 3,675 ratings
The Darling Dahlias
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by Susan Wittig Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 817 ratings
by Susan Wittig Albert (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 817 ratings
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The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (Mystery & Thrillers)
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The country may be struggling through the Great Depression, but the good ladies of Darling, Alabama, are determined to keep their chins up and their town beautiful. Their garden club, the Darling Dahlias, has just inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful cucumber trees in full bloom.
But life in Darling is not all garden parties and pretty dresses.
When local blond bombshell Bunny Scott is found in a suspicious car wreck, the Dahlias decide to dig into the town's buried secrets, and club members Lizzy, Ophelia, and Verna soon find leads sprouting up faster than weeds. The town is abuzz with news of an escaped convict from the prison farm, rumors of trouble at the bank, and tales of a ghost heard digging around the cucumber tree. If anyone can get to the root of these mysteries, it's the Darling Dahlias.
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"Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole."
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The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times
"Betsy wrote: "I'm also currently reading this book and love it. It's a little bit specific to the Willamette valley and wheat-intolerant gardeners, bu...more
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The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times
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| I have been looking for a book like this one for several years, so the publication of The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times gives me cause for rejoicing. Carol Deppe (whose earlier book, Breed Your Own Vegetable...more | |
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"Katherine wrote: "Will need to make note of these beans for the resident green thumb for next spring!"
They really are good and bear very well. I love...more " |
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| Joan Gussow's new collection of personal essays, Growing, Older, is a free-ranging exploration of a wide number of issues: the loss of her husband of forty years and her reassessment of her marriage; her experiences of growing her own food in the gar...more | |
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97 Orchard : An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
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| 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement is remarkable not only for its stunningly rich documentation, but for the richness of its unique central idea: an intensive, extensive study of the foodways of European...more | |
“One person's weed is another person's wildflower.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, An Unthymely Death and Other Garden Mysteries
― Susan Wittig Albert, An Unthymely Death and Other Garden Mysteries
“Does that mean you're prepared to deal with whatever turns up? People aren't sometimes. When they learn the real truth, they're all of a sudden content to live with a lie.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, Wormwood
― Susan Wittig Albert, Wormwood
“The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation.”
― Susan Wittig Albert, The Tale of Hill Top Farm
― Susan Wittig Albert, The Tale of Hill Top Farm
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For March 2012 we are going to read one new (to me) series that I pick -- and you are going to pick one of my favorite older series that are still actively being written, by voting here!
China Bayles series #1
Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert,
current rating 3.73, #21 in series will be out in March - herb store
Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert, current rating 3.73, #21 in series will be out in March - herb store
Death on Demand series #1
Death on Demand by Carolyn Hart,
current rating 3.73, #22 in series out in April - bookstore owner
Death on Demand by Carolyn Hart,current rating 3.73, #22 in series out in April - bookstore owner
Meg Langslow series #1
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews,
current rating 3.85 and #14 in series so far - decorative ironworker
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews,current rating 3.85 and #14 in series so far - decorative ironworker
Benni Harper series #1
Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler,
current rating 3.86, 15 in series so far - folk art museum curator/quilting
Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler, current rating 3.86, 15 in series so far - folk art museum curator/quilting
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“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind us of how to be human, how to live alongside the other lives that animate this planet. ... When we lose stories, our understanding of the world is less rich, less true.”
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― Susan J. Tweit, Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey
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― Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
― Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings
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