Going Owl

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Light is beginning to dawn on me (as well as this tree) that this tree silhouette that I’m so fond of is actually a silhouette of dead branches not just a bare tree in winter and early spring.

I’ve been … Read the rest

Moving From Abundance to Pandemic

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Peggy Noonan, a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan (Challenger explosion, most memorable, “slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God”) writes for the Wall Street Journal and a week ago wrote about a type of depression … Read the rest

First Truck of Spring

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I was asked this morning by a man on the phone helping me fill out forms for a new financial account, matter of factly, “Are you alive?”

“Excuse me, ” I said, thinking, “Nah, he didn’t just ask me if … Read the rest