Tag: autumn
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A Very Long View
A chilly day, the cloudless sky casting bright sunlight off a spreading of snow. Sunday night we had enough snow that we had to have the driveway plowed for the first time this year. The snow was heavy and dense, so it stuck to the trees, making for a truly magical morning landscape. A few…
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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…
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Oh, Deer! In the yard!
A clear, deep blue sky this frosty morning, by far the coldest dawn thus far in the season. The frost lay thick upon the leaves and grass as we walked into the village to have breakfast with a dear friend. Apparently a lot of other people had the same idea as we found ourselves waiting…
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On “The Shapes of Native Nonfiction”
A bright, seasonably cool day. The stiff breezes of the past few days have finally subsided somewhat. Wait! As soon as I wrote this the wind picked up and is moving the mostly bare tree branches vigorously. I’ve been reading experimental essays by a host of Native American writers in Shapes of Native Nonfiction, edited…
