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A New Kind of Family Last year the community experienced an unprecedented population explosion, followed by a gradual contraction back to more "normal" numbers. One outcome of this roller coaster ride was a series of "renewal pages"—an attempt to briefly articulate what Light Morning is and where it's going. Three of these pages are shared here. Others will be included in later editions of this Journal. | |||
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Still Mowing (After All These Years) Marlene has a coffee cup. One side says, "Do what you love." The other, "Love what you do." Marlene loves to mow. The sight of her making the weekly rounds atop her beloved John Deere riding mower, and the comfortable smell of fresh mown grass, are a deeply familiar feature of our summer landscape. Here Marlene explains why her enjoyment of mowing comes naturally. | |||
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Letters From Light Morning: 1974-1975 Our first Journal was published in 1975. It was a selection of passages from letters that Joyce had written in response to people who had questions about the community, and was illustrated with several of her pen and ink drawings. While our lifestyle today is less austere, our roots, the rhythm of the seasons, and many of our growing edges remain unchanged. |
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Training Tomatoes We have a lush, abundant garden this year, thanks largely to Jonathan. (For visuals, see An Extraordinary Garden, in the Photos section of the Summer Journal.) In this article, which describes how to train indeterminate tomatoes, Jonathan also manages to convey one of the secrets of his success—he is keenly interested in his plants, how they grow and what they need. |
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Harvesting Elephant Garlic This is a brief story about transmuting problems into opportunities. Turning lemons into lemonade. And then setting up a lemonade stand! In this case, the lemons were elephant garlic, which had become something of a nuisance in the garden, until Marlene learned to see them in a new way. | |||
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Remembering
Douglas and Tom |
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