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Early Autumn, Late Afternoon

November 23, 2007

[Note: This week I was doing cleanup and going through my old pads of note paper. On one pad, stuck in among some other writing, I found this short descriptive essay. It had no date attached and I can't recall exactly what year I wrote it. It was probably about four years ago, and I [...]

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Sights, Sounds, and Smells of Spring

May 13, 2007

Sights One of the many good things about spring is that without it, and without the absence imposed by fall and winter, we flawed mortals might fail to appreciate the beauties around us. So much of the wonder of spring is found in the return of what was absent. Would the appearance of new leaves [...]

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Leafing Out

May 3, 2006

We are on the cusp. We balance for this one moment–these few short days–at the place of middle spring. The grass has greened, but the trees have not yet burst into full leaf. It is fascinating to look at the hillside and see how different varieties progress. In some places bare wooden branches stick up, [...]

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Moonlight, Bright

July 25, 2005

By living in the city, with its smog, lights, and noise, people miss many things in the natural world. I admit I loathe living in the city with the same passion that I love the empty land of back roads. So, I am biased. Sometimes, I think those city dwellers can’t even dream of the [...]

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Spring Rain

March 28, 2005

Since last time I wrote it snowed. Another good six inches on top of what we already had. Today it’s raining. Melting snow and rain–water is everywhere. Mud is everywhere too. It’s a mess. It’s spring. The land around here is clay. With snow still covering about half of the ground, much of it is [...]

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Morning Ride In March

March 11, 2005

The proverbial (and over used) saying is that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. In truth March is a fickle beast and comes in as it wishes and goes out as it wishes. Some years you might have the bliss of March both coming and going like a lamb [...]

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Winter

February 1, 2005

Some things are done almost without thinking. Feeling the chill in the air when getting out of bed in the dark, trying to judge what it says about the temperature outside. Checking the windows first thing in the morning to see how much they are frosted over. Completely covered with frost means it was a [...]

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Winter Comes

November 8, 2004

We had our first snow today. October was amazingly warm and mild for October around here. There were few mornings where it was cold enough to frost. It was September weather all throughout October and was enough to make one wonder if this was a portent of the winter to come. Then November arrived. It [...]

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Storms in July

July 16, 2004

Thunderstorms seem to be one of those things that people either love or hate. I love thunderstorms. To me they are awe inspiring. Man, with all of his bluster and noise, seems put in his place when the brooding dark mass of storm clouds moves in, lightning flashing, thunder crashing. It is a reminder of [...]

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Blooming and Gone

May 24, 2004

This May has ended up exceptionally warm. The apple trees did bloom early, but there wasn’t a frost the entire time the apple trees were in bloom, and there hasn’t been one since. That is nice. In fact, that is excellent. To not have all my apple blossoms ruined by frost is one relief. However, [...]

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