July 8, 2011
Darkness shrouds the neighborhood as silence rests beneath a blanket next to an open window. It is a northerly summer with a few spikes in the temperature, intermittent mosquitoes, and stubborn tomatoes. Lettuce loses its sweetness as it prepares to bolt (flower) while beets emerge from the soil to show the tops of their brilliant magenta roots. It has been a dry and quiet week.
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