Category: denial
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All Things Arise and Fade Away
We awoke to bright sun, instead of the forecast dense cloud. The birds have been oddly quiet after being rowdy yesterday. As we watched, a starling stuck its head into the sparrows’ bird house, perhaps after chicks or eggs, then flew away. Now the sparrows are chirping loudly. This morning I sat down in the…
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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…
