A Nursery Tale
A sunny day in spring, the air redolent of fragrant promise. Blue sky overhead put me into the mood to buy a new lilac shrub for the yard, so I drove down the mountain...
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Groceries
Fourth of July, late morning. I’m standing on a long line waiting to be let into the supermarket. Plague year restrictions are in effect. There’s a limit on how many people are allowed into...
As Expected
Grocery shopping is my idea of hell. But it’s a necessity, so I do it every week. I make the twenty-five-minute drive down the mountain to the nearest supermarket and submit to my fate....