Diane Schirf continues her “Relics” series by writing about the push reel lawn mower.
[To my surprise, lawn mower really is two words.]
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Another relic
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Michael Leddy“Orange Crate Art” is a song by Van Dyke Parks and the title of a 1995 album by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson. “Orange Crate Art” is for me one of the great American songs: “Orange crate art was a place to start.”
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Nancy, October 19, 1950.
“Who are we as a country?”
Michael Leddy
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Nos plus grandes craintes, comme nos plus grandes espérances, ne sont pas au-dessus de nos forces, et nous pouvons finir par dominer les unes et réaliser les autres. [Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter.]
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comments: 4
Oh, no, if my posts are going to be spelling and grammar checked, I am DOOMED.
Everyone makes mistakes. But I wouldn’t expect to see this in The Times, especially in a one-sentence caption.
I love my push mower, so much better than the one my parents had. It's small and quiet and nicely efficient for my small area needing occasional trimming.
This looks like the mower that I use to this day.
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