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The community garden was named ‘Jolly Gardens’ for a long-passed fire chief named John Pfluger I am told. When asked if ‘Jolly’ was some kind of nickname or a particular expression of his, none of us knew. The sign at the garden’s entrance doesn’t say.“Now those are the gooseberry?” Mrs. Shannon asked something she already knew.“Yes,” I’d said, squinting up into the sun and handing one over. “A little like the tomatillo you liked.”“A good fall one?”“Yes,” I said. “Nice for jams.”She was repeating what I’d told her a week before, so I’d just ...
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