Tag: life
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Imagining Rosh Hashanah
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” -widely attributed to Rabbi Tarfon who lived in the generation following the destruction of the second temple. I am…
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Road Block!
We had a passing shower late yesterday afternoon and another over night. Still, Jennie was out early this morning watering our very stressed young lilac. Here in New England drought conditions run from simply dry to extreme drought. The distance of a few miles can mean the difference between parched soil and almost normal growing…
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On the Need Not to Know
A bright early autumn day, sunlight spiling across the field and through the trees. It was chilly this morning and has warmed up some now. We may have a little rain tomorrow. Out on the marshes the grasses have turned a mix of early season green, beige, and brown. Our neighbour who owns the field…
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On the Cusp of Adventure
late summer autumn still on the nest one solitary osprey A cool, cloudy day; a soaking rain forecast towards evening. We are hopeful. Yesterday I drove past the osprey nest by the beach and, to my pleasure, there was a lone osprey standing in the nest. My fantasy was that the parents and other sibs…
