Category: Arts
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Thanksgiving Approaches
A crisp, bright, late autumn day. Now, in the very late afternoon (it’s after 3 and dark comes about 4:30) the wind has risen and thin cloud gives a hazy feel to the deep blue sky. While many trees have lost their leaves, others hold on to some, while yet others keep their leaves as…
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Beneath the Noise, Silence Grows
Today was a lovely late autumn day. I renewed my driver’s license and worked on sound. Jennie made space to be out in the sunny garden while still attending to work. Last weekend we had another coastal storm; we’re told we have had rain on 90% of our weekends this year which seems about right.…
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Late Mid-Summer
A hot, humid late mid-summer day. After weeks of off and on rain, this week is forecast to be mostly dry. We had little rain last week, although rain had been forecast, so this week’s dry spell inevitably reminds of of the drought of recent years. A couple of weeks ago Jennie and I traveled…
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Winter Appears
It’s snowing, big soft flakes that melt when they hit the ground. The outside world smells cold and snowy, and the birds are quieter, their calls muted by the flakes. Buds are thickening on a few trees; with the changing climate it is difficult to know whether that is seasonal. It is noticeably colder today,…
