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Acts of Resilience and Hopefulness

We were down in southeastern Massachusetts for a couple of days this week. Many trees had leafed out, flowers were abloom everywhere, and the birds’ dawn chorus was magnificent. The world was an intense vernal green, vibrant and noisy, reminding me of spring as a child in rural England; I was embedded in sweet recollection,…
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Book Drilling

The day began bright; now thick cloud has rolled in, promising rain. One of the odd aspects of spring is the rather stunning fatigue that descends on me. I imagine this profound tiredness is the accumulation of exposure to winter cold. Cold intolerance is a very common symptom of Post Polio. (I also experience the…
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A Find!

A sunny, cool morning, destined to give way to a vibrant, warm spring day. The last few days have been damp and cool, effectively slowing spring’s tumultuous trajectory towards a green world, but the mad dash will be renewed this week! A few years ago my mother-in-law gave me her old digital camera. It is…
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Report from Vermont: April Showers

We are well into April, and true to form, it has been a showery month. Between rain and snow melt, the rivers and lake are at low flood stage, and the lawns and fiends are a rich, happy green. We heard this week that even with the winter’s abundant moisture our ground water supplies remain…
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