Tag: Advent
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The Solstice Arrives

A clear, comfortable day with rising wind and slowly falling temperature. The solstice sun against the trees throws long shadows across the field. The freshening breeze rustles the smaller branches of the maples and jostles the more sail like branches of the conifers. The sun is warm but in the shade one feels the wind…
Michael Watson PhD
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Irony at Advent

A brilliantly sunny, cold, frosty morning. A few days ago we drove to Boston. It was equally cold but more frosty and the trees sparkled, backlit by the early morning sun. Sorry to say there are no photos. Sunday we joined one of Jennie’s twins, Daniel, and his wife, Katie, for pre-Chanukah latkes, a brief…
Michael Watson PhD
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Advent Arrives

We awoke to clear skies, frosty windows, and twelve degree temps. Nori the cat went to the briefly open door, happily smelled the outside world, fluffed up to a much larger size, and fled. I received my new computer glasses Wednesday. To say they are a blessing would be an understatement. They provided immediate relief,…
Michael Watson PhD
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Thanksgiving Eve

We awoke to fading overnight rain. For a brief time the sly partially cleared revealing a lovely winterish sunrise. I had to go into my primary care office for a routine blood draw and joined what became a longish line waiting outside for the lab to open. Fortunately the morning is on the warm side…
Michael Watson PhD