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LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — Thousands Of Tomatoes

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Well, on Thursday I said it to Jim. That statement that comes around every year: “I don’t want to see another tomato again for quite awhile.” By this point, we’ve converted thousands of tomatoes (Jim says over 1,700, plus my sister gave us some of hers) into salsa, juice, marinara — and Thursday, I canned 14 quarts of tomato basil …

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LILLIAN CROOK: WildDakotaWoman — The Rhythms Of Life: Family And Garden

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“… all that we behold Is full of blessings” —  William Wordsworth I spent some of the morning with my nonagenarian father, who teaches me each day about dignity and stoicism. When out in public, he almost always wears a hat, and these hats tell about his life. I think the fact that he was in the U.S. Army Security …

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