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A PROUD WIFE

I'm celebrating my husband Nick Taylor's accomplishment.
He has just published "American-Made:The Enduring Legacy of the
W.P.A.:When FDR Put the Nation to Work. Long title. Great book. It
tells the story of the federal government's response to the "Great
Depression" when millions of Americans were out of work and people were
starving. The government created jobs- all kinds. People worked as
laborers building roads and schools, as artists, as librarians, as
archeologists, as actors, as publicists. You name it. They did it. And
they created projects we can still see today. Nick did a great job
weaving together the stories and the politics. If you are a history
buff, if you wonder why government doesn't do more to fix things now
this is the book for you.

 FLOAT LIKE A BUMBLE BEE

A
big, fat, black and gold bee floated between the pansies on our deck
this morning.  He bobbed in and out between the yellow petals, darting
away into the pink blossoms of the Japanese Magnolia overhanging the
flower pots and dipping back again into the soft yellow faces of the
flowers. He’s the first bee we’ve seen this year. He looked
suspiciously like a Bumble Bee rather than a Carpenter Bee who may have
hibernated with his mates somewhere deep in our wooden deck or in the
woody trees trunks.  I welcome the bees. There have never been too
many, but over the years the one or two who’ve swooped into our garden
have pollinated our flowers creating more than we planted moving things
around to adding just the right touch of wildness to our tiny  space. 
You can call me corny, but this little bee brought all the optimism to
our house that comes with spring. I am enjoying every tiny green shoot
that spouts from a clay pot, and wooden box.  The golden forsythia
climbing out of the boxes on to the brick wall are slowly turning
green, along with the climatis and the silver lace.  It is a glorious
spring.

SAILING IN THE B.V.I. 2007-2008

Recently my husband Nick Taylor and I took a ten day sailing trip alone aboard a 40 foot Beneteau in the British Virgin Islands. We began when the moon was almost full and we vowed to proceed with caution. We’ve learned from scary experience it’s best to be humble when you are in the water with boats. During this trip there was plenty to be concerned about. Small craft advisories were a regular feature of the daily weather report, and as the forecasters predicted, we experienced high seas, howling Christmas winds, at least one blinding rainstorm, a series of beautiful rainbows, and pastel sunsets. We were plagued with a weird toilet flushing system, a cranky dinghy motor that beached us on a night when Nick was dressed up in a white linen suit, and orange espadrilles. And of course we had our share of anchor and mooring escapades. Through it all we had a terrific time. We hope you enjoy our story, which is on my blog page. And if you are sailor looking for a place to go, we hope this offers useful insight.

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BEAUTIFUL SKIN OF COLOR

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