In a personal column, Larry Barnett reflects on the grief of losing his wife of fifty years, and the ways he is learning to sit with sadness—through jazz on his morning playlist and tending a garden of plants that have moved with him across decades. He notes a surprising response to his writing about feelings: many readers who have reached out are men, some widowed, others contemplating that possibility.
Read the full story: Larry Barnett: Blue in Green — Sonoma Valley Sun, Jul 27.
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