Steeped For
Success
by Sheri McGregor
On my knees in the
garden, I pulled up weeds around the now-blooming chamomile
plants I'd nestled into the dirt several months ago. Then it
dawned on me -- this plant with the dainty white flowers is
the same one used in my bedtime tea. I could harvest it
myself, I thought, wondering if it would be more flavorful
than store-bought. But then a problem surfaced. Were the
leaves dried for the tea? Or was it the flowers? Or, both?
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Profile
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Loraine Despres:
Take
Responsibility for Your Dreams
by Sheri McGregor
Screenwriter and novelist Loraine Despres compares herself to
her first novel's heroine. "Like Sissy," she says, "I'm a
woman who made her dreams come true. Ever since I can
remember, my goal has been that when I'm on my deathbed I want
to look back and know I've really lived and experienced the
whole panoply of life."
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Gauging Guidance: When to Trust
by Sheri McGregor
Nothing
we ever imagined is beyond our powers, only beyond our present
self- knowledge.
Theodore Roszak
Excited
about the prospect of a drive-thru tree, my kids and I pulled
up to the tourist stop in the coastal redwoods of California.
The man in the booth put down a chainsaw he'd been using to
hack away at redwood carvings. He pulled off his goggles and
accepted the bills I handed him through the window. "Be sure
to fold in your mirrors," he said.
'Just
drive on through?" I asked, suddenly uncertain.
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