Monthly Archives: December 2012

Hello World!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Gavin Stevens

I just returned home from signing the final papers related to my retirement from a 43 year legal career.  The event itself was nothing to speak of – just me, my assistant, and an office manager sitting around a desk that had been mine in an … Continue reading →

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Lessons In Humility On The Farm

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Gavin Stevens

Life on a farm – any farm (whether or not in Humptulips County) – has the capacity to teach many lessons.  Take humility, for example. Since the garbage man usually arrives early, our habit has been for me to take the … Continue reading →

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The Elasticity of Time

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Gavin Stevens

Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility … Continue reading →

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Autumn Winds

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Gavin Stevens

No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. It’s flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I couldn’t keep up with it, Not if I ran. But if I stopped holding … Continue reading →

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