First Known When Lost
Saturday, March 23, 2024
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On a recent afternoon walk, I heard an unseen owl call from somewhere off in the forest: " Hoo-hoo . . . hoo-hoo ." This seemed ...
Monday, January 1, 2024
At the Turning of the Year
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Solely by happenstance, this observation surfaced out of my memory during the past week: "The future's uncertain and the end is alw...
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Monday, December 25, 2023
Christmastide
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At Christmas, I turn to Thomas Hardy. (As well as to George Mackay Brown (for instance, " Christmas Poem ": "We are folded ...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
No Grieving
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Most of the leaves have fallen. One day last week -- a proverbial "brilliant autumn day" -- I walked past a grove of big-leaf map...
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Birdlife
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Has any poet written as many beautiful and memorable lines as Yeats? I confess that I am biased by circumstances. I discovered the poetry ...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
September
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Once again, September. The past few weeks, the afternoons have sometimes been as warm as midsummer. But the leaves -- ah, the leaves: gree...
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Saturday, August 26, 2023
Life and Art. Art and Life.
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One morning this week, as I walked along a shadowy but sun-dappled path through a grove of trees, I came upon a single golden pine needle ho...
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Monday, July 31, 2023
One Thing Leads To Another, Part One: Bells
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As I am wont to do several times a year, I recently returned to the poetry of Walter de la Mare. At the beginning of last week, I revisited...
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