Monthly Archives: June 2014

Birds doing weird things

…opened up his wings wide and made all sorts of threatening, look-how-big-I-am-or-maybe-I’m-a-bat, sort of gestures… Continue reading

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Imagination

All human accomplishment has the same origin, identically. Imagination is a force of nature. Is this not enough to make a person full of ecstasy? Imagination, imagination, imagination. It converts to actual. It sustains, it alters, it redeems! — Saul Bellow Continue reading

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That Feel Good Music

So what’s on your go-to music playlist? Continue reading

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First Peony of the Year

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The perils of weeding

For years I’ve tried to get two plants into my garden: baptisia or indigo and Amsonia or blue star. The baptisia has very distinctive pea-like foliage. Imagine my surprise yesterday when I saw a stand of Amsonia blooming in my … Continue reading

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