
Tomatoes from a walled garden
The garden my family kept for four generations, and the rows I still remember by name.
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November 2, 2026 · 9 min
A stone house, half repaired, and a photograph of it from before anyone was born.
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The garden my family kept for four generations, and the rows I still remember by name.

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A long bus ride through a valley I had only seen in letters.