Category: denial
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Schoolyard Justice
This morning, a rich spring rain, beginning slowly, softly, then transitioning to something more determined, more persistent. The rain and fog dampens the colours blooming into a awakening landscape as a sea breeze dances the as yet only thinly leaved branches. While it is abundantly spring here on the coast, go far enough inland and…
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Finding the Right Words
Today dawned clear and crisp. We’ve entered that part of spring when the sun seems to rise dramatically earlier each day and the pace of life is rapidly picking up. Yesterday I was down at the marsh and noted that over the past week the first osprey pair has returned and is already on the…
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Culture of Spectacle
We are in the midst of a foggy, drizzly, raw March day. Today it seems unlikely that April nears. For a short time yesterday the sun came out and it was warm enough to enjoy being out, so I rode my disability scooter over to the library to pick up a couple of books. By…
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Deafening Silence
It’s lovely out, mid 50’s F, clear skies, and little wind. From the looks of things, we shall have daffodils any day now, at which point it will be spring. As I write I can hear birdsong through the closed window; most likely the sparrows are nesting just below my office/studio. I’m trying to find…
