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Category: Letters from Lila

Posted on November 12, 2019December 5, 2022

Grandmaternity Leave and Pineapple Fluff

Grandparent maternity leave

Familyandfarming is taking a Grandmaternity Leave this November and December! We have a new grandchild!

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Posted on September 17, 2019December 6, 2022

The Retirement and Sneaky Zucchini Brownies

Retirement Card on a desk

This is from Lila’s series about work. Get out your tissues.

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Posted on July 9, 2019December 6, 2022

Women Gather at the Modern River Bank and No Fail Cornbread

Photo of photo copier

Lila wrote an observational poem in 1986, alluding to a Sigmund Freud quote.

“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ‘What does a woman want?'” Sigmund Freud.

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Posted on May 28, 2019December 6, 2022

I Have Killed No Birds and Sugar-Crusted Rhubarb Squares

Here’s a poem by Lila about those who might clean too much to the detriment of wildlife.

I’m not one of those people…

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Posted on April 30, 2019December 6, 2022

Needing Kneading and Oatmeal Bread

Here’s a poem by Lila about what we all need right now!

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Posted on March 26, 2019December 6, 2022

Ralph the Drayman and Basic Muffins from 1933

Being replaced by technology or someone who is younger is difficult. Here’s an essay/poem by Lila that gives insight. Ralph and his horses transcend.

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Posted on February 26, 2019December 6, 2022

Happiness and Spinach Balls

Lila channeled Martin Buber in this poem.

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Posted on January 30, 2019December 6, 2022

Office Memo and Grandma’s Oatmeal Cake

Ever watched Mad Men? Lila observed this type of behavior in 1985.

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