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Testament to a Friendship

Testament to a Friendship

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Testament to a Friendship An incredibly beautiful written testament to a very special 90 year friendship recently resurfaced after almost 30 years of obscurity.  The timing of its reappearance and subsequent re-reading represents nothing short of providence. By John G. Stamos My mother, Bessie Stamos, passed away peacefully on

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"Perfect Disasters" by Laura Lewis-Barr

“Perfect Disasters” by Laura Lewis-Barr

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy “Perfect Disasters” by Laura Lewis-Barr “Perfect Disasters” by Laura Lewis-Barr serves as a jolly cautionary vacationing tale which arrives just in time for the holiday travel crush.  The award-winning filmmaker, author, and educator relates some of her more memorable trip-taking mishaps in this light-hearted lamentation. Perfect Disasters By Laura

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Of Sisyphus and CFM

Of Sisyphus and CFM: The Forest, a Man, and His Leaf Blower

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Of Sisyphus and CFM: The Forest, a Man, and His Leaf Blower Kicking Mother Nature’s ass is all about having the right equipment, and the right attitude.  So go big, and do it proud and do it loud.  Recounted here, in “Of Sisyphus and CFM,” are the high-decibel adventures

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Guest Writer Nenad Knežević

Guest Writer Nenad Knežević on Nature and Poetry’s Nexus

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Guest Writer Nenad Knežević on Nature and Poetry’s Nexus This week, The Renaissance Garden Guy hosts guest writer Nenad Knežević, creator of the internationally renowned Grammaticus website and blog.  The esteemed writer and academician contributes a beautiful essay on the joys of walking amidst nature, the art of appreciating

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Readers Show Me Your Gardens 2022

Our Gardens, Our Lives: Parallels Examined by Laura Lewis-Barr

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Our Gardens, Our Lives: Parallels Examined by Laura Lewis-Barr With this week’s offering, Laura Lewis-Barr returns to The Renaissance Garden Guy and reveals another of her passions: gardening.  And she’s quick to point out the remarkable parallels that exist between the vicissitudes of our own lives, and the happenings

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Assessing Nature with a Certain Detachment, or, How I Learned to Love the Great Outdoors (Even Though I’ve Got a Wrecked Eyeball)

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Assessing Nature with a Certain Detachment, or, How I Learned to Love the Great Outdoors (Even Though I’ve Got a Wrecked Eyeball) An ocular misfortune put the brakes on my gardening efforts and landed them in the compost pile right along with my eyesight.  I couldn’t tend my garden

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Katha Kissman on the History of The New Buffalo Railroad Museum

Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Katha Kissman on the History of The New Buffalo Railroad Museum As a co-founder and board member of The New Buffalo Railroad Museum, published author and guest writer Katha Kissman offers an insider’s understanding of the history of this beloved southwest Michigan institution. As I’ve written before, I’m a

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