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Setting the Table

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Decoration Day

Life is short, the benediction says, and we don’t have much time to gladden the hearts of those who make the journey with us.

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Many Asian cultures have this common greeting, used as a way to say hello.

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Ann handed me a pair of kitchen shears and asked me to clip some chives, oregano, thyme, basil and rosemary for the soup.

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She remembers best the smell of the store: fresh and woody, with lingering smells of produce and food.