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Summer

Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

02.09.2011

As most of you have heard on the news we had a wee hurricane here in the Northeast. Connecticut took a harsh blow. Irene was supposed to be a direct hit, but jogged a bit to the west. That was supposed to be better. If this was better, I don’t want to know what worse [...]

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The End of Summer

12.08.2011

Yes, I know we have around five and a half weeks to go, but I, for one, am always eager for autumn to arrive, though it means the end of summer. I’ve not been shy through the years about mentioning I’m not really a summer person. The humidity gets to me. As long as it’s [...]

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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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