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Thanksgiving
A “Happy Thanksgiving” to all who celebrate this day! Today we express gratitude for the innumerable gifts of this life. This year, we acknowledge the efforts of all those who risk much so that we may have water, and so that Mother Earth may be healed. Our thoughts, affection, and support are with them. May…
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A Welcome Rain
This autumn’s warmth has dominated the past two days. Yesterday we, and our neighbors, took the opportunity to complete yard work, retire gardens for the season, and put up holiday lights. As we did so, we were reminded these tasks are much easier when done in warm weather! Last night, new lights blessed the street.…
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Words for a Wordless Time
I’ve been left wordless. In spite of that, I’ll try to write something in response to recent events; these events demand words and actions. The weather has turned, and remains, warm and dry. Most of the trees, save the oaks, have lost their leaves. Like last year, here in November there are few signs of…
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Late Autumn Wonderings
After days of cloud (it is November), there are patches of blue sky, marking a perfect contrast to the burnt orange oaks and maples still holding their leaves. The ever-present November wind shakes the trees, stops, then returns. The freeze a couple of nights ago killed the front garden, yet the back garden, mostly prepared…
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