Category: spirituality
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High Holy Days
A lovely early autumn day. Last night, the fading light set the field aglow. The woodbine climbs a maple and flames the trunk red. The goldenrods in all their diversity spread a rich yellow along the edges of field and beaches. Looking about, the world teems blossoms, as summer’s fierce abundance slowly dwindles. I’ve been…
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Use Your Words
A fine early September day. We had a goodly dew overnight so the grass is wet, green, and lush. Jennie says that this morning’s dawn chorus was rowdy; without my hearing aids I could not hear it, but I am glad the birds were up and singing. The days are cool and sunny, the nights…
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On the Cusp of Adventure
late summer autumn still on the nest one solitary osprey A cool, cloudy day; a soaking rain forecast towards evening. We are hopeful. Yesterday I drove past the osprey nest by the beach and, to my pleasure, there was a lone osprey standing in the nest. My fantasy was that the parents and other sibs…
