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The early-morning sun was just beginning to brighten the faces of the sunflowers as I settled into a chair on our deck, my journal in one hand and a freshly poured mug of coffee in the other. Numerous ...

When I was small and Christmas trees tall, I used to work while others played. My father was the “parish florist” in a tiny neighborhood in Philadelphia called Paradise. My father was devoted to his ...