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Category Archives: Humptulips County
An April Dawn
The dawn lies heavily upon the Farm under a sky of clotted cream, the not-quite-day swaddled in a weighty silence broken only by the repeated call of an unknown bird. Its call is loud, insistent, forceful – an unyielding demand for a brighter day than this dawn promises.  This dawn … Continue reading
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The Possibilities of Spring
It isn’t officially Spring on the calendar until next week, but today’s Weather God could care less what the calendar says – for it is surely spring today in Humptulips County. The sun is going in and out of a light cloud … Continue reading
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Harbingers of Spring
As I write, morning is crawling out from under the rock of night and the day has dawned, lightly fogged. Yesterday our farm was the center of a fog bank; as we took our morning walk, it seemed to us that all of the fog radiated from some … Continue reading
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A Winter Canvas
Humptulips County is frost-bound. No form-stealing blankets of snow for us: just intricate rime overlying every living or inert thing, as if each were a piece of furniture adorned with lace doilies or antimacassars. The temperature is near freezing; the sky is cloudless, open … Continue reading
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The Qualities of Grace
There is beauty in the unusual, both because of its startling qualities and of its inherent uniqueness. Sometimes the unusual is simply the ordinary turned inside out, such that, upon first viewing, nothing seems amiss until matters are put into context. Winter’s unusualness is similar to … Continue reading
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Hello World!
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
Lessons In Humility On The Farm
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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Autumn Winds
No one can tell me, Nobody knows, Where the wind comes from, Where the wind goes. Itâs flying from somewhere As fast as it can, I couldnât keep up with it, Not if I ran. But if I stopped holding … Continue reading
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Somehow Or Other, We’re All In This Together
As I left the house this morning, I encountered a rabbit running out of the fog across the driveway and onto the opposite verge, attempting frantically to draw me away from a lair hidden somewhere among the bushes and hillsides that line our driveway. Ironically, his very … Continue reading
A Thank You To My Many Friends
Humptulips County has a diverse population, much more so, in fact, than when I first moved back after graduation from law school. Over the years, the area has become increasingly diversified and far more tolerant of that diversity. It is … Continue reading
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