Tag: writing
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Finding the Right Words

Today dawned clear and crisp. We’ve entered that part of spring when the sun seems to rise dramatically earlier each day and the pace of life is rapidly picking up. Yesterday I was down at the marsh and noted that over the past week the first osprey pair has returned and is already on the…
Michael Watson PhD
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Reading Jane Kenyon

A cloudy, warmish day, quite a change from recent weeks. Maybe some showers later. Perhaps a walk this afternoon. I’ve been reading Jane Kenyon’s Collected Poems. She lived the last couple of decades of her leukemia shortened life in a New Hampshire valley. Her house, the weather, farming, the natural world, pets, and her relationship…
Michael Watson PhD
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Rainy Day Reading

This morning the overnight snow as changed to freezing rain and now a wintry mix. The forecast is for heavy rain later. I’ve just finished Donald Hall’s A Carnival of Losses. The book is a blend of memoir and ruminations about the everyday world of one rapidly approaching ninety. It is an immensely pleasing read,…
