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By Suzanne Thompson, Special to the Times: With gardening, timing is everything. Just ask the impatient New England gardeners who set out the basil too early. My husband had the unfortunate miscalculation of observing on Mother’s Day weekend that our...
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We've all heard of OPM—Othe r People’s Money. It’s high time to put down the shovel and enjoy other people’s gardens (OPG) this weekend. June is the high season for home and garden tours. Even the Governor’s Mansion was open to visitors last Saturday...
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Here's one of my favorite stories - recently awarded first place by the CT Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) as Excellence in Journalism for arts/entertainment feature.... read on, Suzanne The Ambassador of the Blues LeRoy Falcone...
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This appeared in the June 11, 2009 Times Weeklies: I always knew it would come to this: tried and true old friends no longer fit in. Four years ago, I was desperately seeking anything that would grow, bloom, add some character, and oh let’s face it, fill...
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If you're looking for a multi-cultural experience, have a spare bedroom and some time to mentor a young person, check out this international exchange program - you don't need to already have a teenager in your house to host a student. Read on...
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Catch Sunday, May 10 replay of my CT Outdoors radio show with Old Lyme Duckies Gail O'Sullivan and Platt Arnold and Essex Garden Club members Cicely Worrall and Alyson Danyliw - 7-7:30 am on WLIS 1420 AM/Old Saybrook and WMRD 1150 AM/Middletown. Here's...
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Madison Square Garden will be the epicenter of folk music and social activism on Sunday, May 3, when celebrities, fans and friends of Pete Seeger gather to celebrate the 90th birthday and legacy of America’s most influential folk artist. Dozens of artists...
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By Suzanne Thompson, Special to the Times: Between my weekly radio show and writing for the Times weeklies, I talk with plenty of gardeners. The old adage goes that you ask three gardeners for advice and you’ll get at least five opinions of what to grow...
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My green thumb is beyond pale this time of year. Christmas poinsettias are straggly, amaryllis are beautiful, but they can be about as aloof as a pet cat—they don’t really need you, beyond some water and a bit of food. So what’s a fidgety gardener to...
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By Suzanne Thompson for the January 22, 2009 Lyme Times Fur coats and winter parkas bulged out of the coatroom at the Old Lyme Inn on one of the coldest nights of the year as members of the Lyme-Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut more...
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Don’t get too complacent with gasoline prices below $2 a gallon, cautions environmental reporter and author Christine Woodside. If there’s one thing Americans should have realized, with the past summer’s $4 a gallon sticker shock, is that the world’s...
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Tune into my weekly radio show, “CT Outdoors,” about people, nature, and the environment. Catch the show at 12:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Sundays at 7 a.m. on WLIS 1420 AM, Old Saybrook or WMRD 1150 AM, Middletown. Here's one of my recent on...
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This story ran in the Jan. 8, 2009 Montville Times. Suzanne Few Americans may realize that the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere is only 600 miles off of our eastern coast. It is Haiti, which shares half of the island of Hispanola with the Dominican...
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Special to the Times, Jan. 1, 2009 Even in this down economy, people still want something special for themselves—and for their pets. Local business owners Candy Shapiro and Rachel Rinoski, betting that will continue, have expanded from one to three retail...
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Special to the Lyme Times, December 25, 2008. See Patti O'Shaughnessy's photos of Sylvia and her works of art. Old Lyme’s Sylvia Marsh is known for her water colors of flowers and coastal life. The 96-year-old, long-standing Lyme Art Association...
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