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Tara Austen Weaver writes about the big, wide world: food, travel, culture, the environment, art, and adventure in its many guises. A Northern California native, she has lived in five countries on three continents and is happiest either exploring with a notebook and camera, or spending the day in a kitchen learning how people feed themselves (the best stories always get told in the kitchen). Tara loves to write about farmers, environmentalists, artists, and other passion-driven individuals. She has a hard time picking a favorite spot on earth, but it might just be at 7,000 ft. in the backcountry. Or on a small island. Or in a sailboat. And definitely at a dinner table, surrounded by friends or intriguing strangers.

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Letting Go

I didn’t clean my house for New Year’s this year.

I meant to, of course. It’s a Japanese tradition that I’ve adopted—you clean your house from top to bottom and welcome in the New Year with everything sparkling clean. When everything at home is in order it makes you feel like you can take on whatever the year is going to throw your way, and the time spent mopping and sweeping gives you

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Average rating: 3.75 · 1,590 ratings · 306 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Miles from Nowhere: A Round-The-World Bicycle Adventure by Barbara Savage, Tara Austen Weaver (Foreword) 4.35 avg rating — 2,134 ratings — published 1983 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orchard House: How a Neglected Garden Taught One Family to Grow 3.91 avg rating — 587 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman's Romp Through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral Crisis 3.25 avg rating — 604 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Book of Hummingbirds: A Bird Identification Book (Little Book of Natural Wonders) 4.72 avg rating — 46 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Berries and Fruit Trees in the Pacific Northwest: How to Grow Abundant, Organic Fruit in Your Backyard 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peonies: A Little Book of Flowers (Little Book of Natural Wonders) by Tara Austen Weaver, Emily Poole (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dahlias: A Little Book of Flowers (Little Book of Natural Wonders) by Tara Austen Weaver, Emily Poole (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tulips: A Little Book of Flowers (Little Book of Natural Wonders) 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from High Mountain: Stories and Recipes from a Life in Japan, Part I 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tara Austen Weaver: Orchard House : How a Neglected Garden Taught One Family to Grow (Hardcover); 2015 Edition by Tara Austen Weaver, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sometimes home has nothing to do with family or even with love; sometimes home is simply the place where you feel safe.”
― Tara Austen Weaver, Orchard House: How a Neglected Garden Taught One Family to Grow

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“Sometimes I wondered if my mother's unconventional choices were her billboard to a cruel world: I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK OF ME. Had she chosen to walk away, or did she withdraw early to avoid failure? Were my mother's eccentricities a strength or just the way she covered up her own vulnerabilities? I knew from my own life that it's easier to pretend you don't want the thing you cannot have.

I feared rejection as well. The isolation and lack of communication I had been raised with made me feel—not that I was doing things wrong, but that I was wrong. I feared opening up by home would reveal all my messy, broken bits, all the ways I continually failed. If anyone got close enough to see, I was sure they wouldn't want to know me.

After years of shutting people out, how could I possibly let them in?”
― Tara Austen Weaver, Orchard House: How a Neglected Garden Taught One Family to Grow

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“When you are not in a position of power over your own destiny, when the quality and shape of your days are dependent on the favor of others, you become sensitive; you become savvy. You learn to soothe and coddle, influence and meddle, all under the radar. Call it female intuition, call it outright manipulation, call it womanly wiles if you like. I call it survival.”
― Tara Austen Weaver, Orchard House: How a Neglected Garden Taught One Family to Grow

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