On Gardens and Writing and Not Writing and Summertime Sweetness
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One of my all-time favorite books is Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin. This story, from 1904, never fails to fill me with the good kind of longing. I am more than willing to dig up dandelions alongside Bettie, Jeanie, Mabel, and Marjory, in exchange for the use of a little cottage near Lake Superior. Playing house was my favorite thing (and I still quite like it, even if the bills are now real and the repairs are endless), and this book is about exactly that.
On Gardens and Writing and Not Writing and Summertime Sweetness
On Gardens and Writing and Not Writing and…
On Gardens and Writing and Not Writing and Summertime Sweetness
One of my all-time favorite books is Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin. This story, from 1904, never fails to fill me with the good kind of longing. I am more than willing to dig up dandelions alongside Bettie, Jeanie, Mabel, and Marjory, in exchange for the use of a little cottage near Lake Superior. Playing house was my favorite thing (and I still quite like it, even if the bills are now real and the repairs are endless), and this book is about exactly that.