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Death on the beach

October 20, 2010

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I am not cut out to be a murderer, I thought, as I dragged the garbage bag of corpses along the path.  Whoever came up with the phrase “dead weight” knew what she was talking about.  I stopped to catch my breath.  Mickey had helped, of course, but he’d gone home to wash off the […]

Autumn one leaf at a time

October 17, 2010

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I can’t help it. I’m saving these up for when I really need them. In March, for example, when there’s practically nothing to look at but mud. While you’re waiting for them to load, you can go make some nice buttered toast. I will not promise that these are the last of the leaves. I […]

Cows in the pasture, elk in the street, must be pumpkin time

October 16, 2010

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We have had one knockout day after another, and every time I think the Big Show is over it astonishes me with another production number. There may be a better time than October in Antrim County, but if there is I have never seen it and I’m not sure my heart could stand it if […]

And a fine fall weekend it was

October 11, 2010

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October is the best thing that ever happens to me, which is saying quite a lot. I’ll probably change my mind in a minute because really I can think of half a dozen even better things but it’s a close contest. My mother loved everything about living in California except its lack of a real […]

My ears are pinned back in amazement

October 10, 2010

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If this doesn't prove the essential spookiness of these mushrooms I don't know what it will take.

A Victorian mystery

October 10, 2010

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I suppose it is possible to go for a simple walk and come back refreshed and unpuzzled but I often come back with my pockets full of questions and a lot of odd photos. Why should I be the only one wondering about these things?

Freedom: Verse I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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