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    The Elm Street Ladies Tea and Wine Society
    The Elm Street Ladies Tea and Wine Society
    The Elm Street Ladies Tea and Wine Society
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    The Elm Street Ladies Tea and Wine Society

    By Sandie Nygaard

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    Sara runs from the garden Nazi living next door, June stalks the night streets attempting to avert environmental disaster, and Jean cinches her seat belt, hoping it will help her survive driver’s education. Come meet the misfit inhabitants of Cedarville, Washington, population, 4,601. These fun-filled stories are filled with the warmth, humor and eccentricities of life in small town America.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSandie Nygaard
    Release dateDec 28, 2009
    ISBN9781310852992
    The Elm Street Ladies Tea and Wine Society
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    Sandie Nygaard

    Sandie Nygaard is a part-time C.P.A, a part-time writer and a full-time mom. Her writing focuses on the quirks and quibbles of small town life. She came by her experience honestly, living most of her childhood in rural towns with populations of less than 6,000. When she moved to Corvallis, Oregon (population 30,000) to attend college, she saw stop lights and buildings with elevators and thought she’d arrived in the big city.Her heart still resides in the country, but life has deposited her into the suburban tangle east of Seattle. Writing, the proximity to hiking and skiing, and the discovery of Thai food have all worked to ease her transition to suburbia.Her short stories and humorous essays have appeared in numerous publications. Her latest novel "How to Catch a Man" is available on Smashwords.

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      The Elm Street Ladies Tea and Wine Society - Sandie Nygaard

      Three short stories

      Ralph’s Garden

      The Elm Street Ladies Tea and Wine Society

      Riding With Ellie

      By

      Sandie Nygaard

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2009 Sandie Nygaard

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you.

      Ralph’s Garden

      That chickweed’s going to be a problem. It’s gone to seed, and those seeds can lie dormant for years. Then all of a sudden, they’ll sprout again.

      Sara sighed and looked up at her neighbor, Ralph, who was leaning over the side fence. He wore a baseball cap with a trout emblem on the front. He’d hooked feathery flies into the crown, and the sun shining through them made a halo around Ralph’s head. He had found the hat and was so delighted at getting something for nothing that he wore it everywhere. So what if he wasn’t a fisherman.

      Sara was on her hands and knees pulling weeds out of the garden. I’ve been so busy at work lately, there just hasn’t been time for gardening, she said.

      Ralph leaned forward. You kids should take the time. I remember twenty years ago when Carol and I first moved in. Our yard had problems, just like yours does now, but I got right out there and cleaned things up. Pulled up the chickweed right away. If you stay on top of it, you’re fine. But if you let it go, you’ll be fighting with it for years.

      Sara stood up and leaned backward to stretch her back. She’d heard this story yesterday when

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