Category: Stories
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A Weekend for Creativity
Today is cold and clear. Long morning shadows spill across the landscape and the local birds are beginning to defend their territories. Our witch hazel is on the verge of blossoming and buds are swelling on other trees. The weather becomes warmer and wetter by Wednesday. Yesterday Jennie’s son, Daniel, and his wife, Katie, had…
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Reading Jane Kenyon
A cloudy, warmish day, quite a change from recent weeks. Maybe some showers later. Perhaps a walk this afternoon. I’ve been reading Jane Kenyon’s Collected Poems. She lived the last couple of decades of her leukemia shortened life in a New Hampshire valley. Her house, the weather, farming, the natural world, pets, and her relationship…
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A Blustery Day
Today is filled with brilliant sunlight and stiff breezes, making for frigid conditions. I’ve been inside much to much this past week and would love to take a walk. We might be able to walk in the woods to escape the relentless blow, but most likely the trails are sheet ice which does not work…
