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Why losing a place where you create something feels like losing part of yourself

The community garden where I have a plot is being sold to developers and I keep thinking about how my tomatoes won't get to grow in that soil and how stupid it is to mourn vegetables.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Spaces where we make things become extensions of ourselves, and losing them means losing not just the place but the version of ourselves that existed in relationship with it.

Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.