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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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Show Me

30.01.2011

When I was in my twenties, I became obsessed with photography. Me and my Olympus SLR went everywhere together. I asked a photographer I knew if he’d look at some of my pics so I could improve my skills. He said fine. I shot three roles of film. Granted they were color, not black and [...]

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How Does My Garden Grow?

23.01.2011

About this time every winter I start dreaming of gardens. Flowers, yes. But mostly vegetable gardens. Then I remember I have no outside water source anymore. Two plumbers later, and two excuses as to why the old faucet can’t be fixed (not to mention two bills just for them showing up to tell me no), [...]

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