Category: Nature
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May Grace Touch You
Today is one of those grumpy late fall days, the sort of day where the sun competes with cloud, the wind howls, and the temperature is way too warm for the date. The leaves have already rapidly left the trees at the highest elevations, but lower down many trees are either green or brown. Here…
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After Yom Kippur
Today was one of those perfect Vermont autumn days, with cool temperatures, warm sun, and a cloudless, profoundly blue, sky. Last evening marked the end of Yom Kippur and the High Holy Days, and we found ourselves attending services at a local retreat center, nestled deep in the woods overlooking the lake. As the sun…
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An Osprey’s View
A wild couple of days of storm have passed. Now the fog and wind are all that remain of the tempest. The weather seems to reflect the national mood, creating a milieu that is mythic. Somewhere out there, in the deep fog, one imagines people stirring cauldrons and chanting ancient phrases.
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Summer’s End
Another delightful late summer morning, one that feels much more like fall than summer. It’s fair time and school begins this week for most students; often, although not this year, this means days of sweltering heat that make school and fair challenging. A couple of days ago I awoke to silence. Crickets still fiddle in…
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