From the category archives:

Birds

Mary Oliver Reading…

15.01.2012

Something’s been missing lately. I could feel it. Then I found this and thought I’d share it… Apparently, I’ve been having Mary Oliver withdrawals. Mary Oliver Reading…  

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Kansas, Anyone?

15.06.2011

So I was sitting at my desk, working on a document, when the winds started kicking up. And the clouds thickened. And the sky began to darken. I knew we were supposed to have some thunderstorms, but I thought it was still all right—no thunder yet, no lightning yet. I mean, the birds were still [...]

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A Mary Oliver Evening

07.06.2011

The other evening, as dusk was settling in, I noticed a bird—a finch I think—singing. There’s nothing unusual about that. It’s late spring, it was a warm evening, the windows were open. What struck me though, wasn’t that he was doing what birds do. What made me stop was the urgency of his song. This [...]

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A Wee Bit of Sunshine

15.05.2011

Yesterday was a dreary, damp day. And the forecast for the week is rain or showers, and showers or rain. With maybe some drizzle. But yesterday also showed some new members to our neighborhood—baby Baltimore Orioles. The little silly gooses were trying to get through the window, I’m assuming to land on the blind slats. [...]

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