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January in the Brooks Garden

“In our winter, a transformation happened. We read and worked and problem-solved and found new solutions. We changed our focus away from pushing through with normal life and towards making a new one. When everything is broken, everything is also up for grabs. That’s the gift of winter: it’s irresistible. Change will happen in its…

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November in the Brooks Garden

“And why is this back and forth-another word for which is sharing; another phrase for which is mutual aid- the gardener’s disposition or, maybe more to the point, practice? Because a garden-a healthy, thriving garden-tells us to. I suspect whether we know it or not, we’re just emulating the garden, which is a repository of…

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