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The geese know

October 1, 2008

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I am trying to cultivate patience. I know the Big Show is coming soon but I want to savor the first signs of its arrival. The half bushel of apples – Galas and Macs – in my unheated guest room. The pumpkin on the corner of the deck. Squash and onions and garlic and carrots […]

September song – verse two

September 8, 2008

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This morning everything was in motion – sun chasing shadows, waves chasing clouds, and tiny shorebirds chasing each other along the edge of the beach.  Will summer linger or fade? September is a changeling – Indian Summer, sudden storms, the first red and gold leaves showing up against the bright greens, cottages closing and boats […]

September song – verse one

September 6, 2008

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This morning clouds piled over the bay, and tall trees tossed in the wind, all silver and slate. Signs of summer fading are everywhere. The cedars are covered with their rosebud cones. The grasses are pale, and the first bright leaves glow against the deep green of the pines. The pileated woodpeckers have been busy […]

Post pantry: August in Antrim (you knew there’d be another sunflower)

August 27, 2008

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I know, I know – I didn’t do any posts last week at all.  I’m trying to catch up.  Here are some of the things I did instead: Borrowed some visiting grandchildren and had adventures (more about THAT in a post of its own).  Acquired quite a collection of skunk smell remedies (more about THAT […]

A park for all reasons

August 15, 2008

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If you live around here you know that Barnes Park has a great beach and beautiful campsites.  But did you know it has a network of trails that wind through the woods, past a prairie restoration, around a wetland, and through stands of oak, aspen, red pine, white pine and jack pine?  Did you know that […]

As promised . . .

August 2, 2008

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So, to pick up where we left off in the previous post, Miss Sadie, the Cowboy and I had some lovely walks earlier this week before the press of other business distracted us.  Down on the beach we found lots of wildflowers: spotted knapweed, common tansy, Queen Anne’s Lace, yarrow, white sweet clover, bladder campion, […]

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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