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Where, Oh Where, Have I Been?

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June 2, 2024.

That’s the last day I posted anything on this blog. I know this, because I only recently signed into it and saw the comments that have been sitting there for more than a year. I was mortified, to say the least, since I have responded to nearly each and every comment since I started this blog 14 years ago.

So, where have I been and what have I been doing? For starters, I’ve been here, in South Florida, where I’ve been pondering two issues for way too long – and I guess now is a good time to lay it all out, and add some photos from the past year, too.

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Margaret & Me & A Cup Of Tea

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Margaret Roach Garden

Margaret Roach.  For years it was just a name, one that I had seen in the masthead or the editorial pages of Martha Stewart Living.  Occasionally, it appeared at the bottom of the television as I watched Martha’s show, an identifier of the woman sitting next to the host.

Yes, Margaret Roach was just a name.

When I started this blog, I also learned of the top gardening blog in America, A Way to Garden — and once again, I was staring at that same name: Margaret Roach.  Maybe, I thought, there was a reason her name kept entering my world — and maybe, it was time to discover if there was more to Margaret than a name.

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