Category Archives: Our Place in the Firmament

Different Strokes

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Gavin Stevens

Life is full of unexpected surprises.  Some surprises are good and some are bad, with both sides of the coin ranging from a one (mild, whichever kind of surprise) to a ten (either a wonderful or woeful surprise).  On December … Continue reading →

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Waiting For The First Snowfall

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

Snow falls: years of anger following hours that float idly down — the blizzard drifts its weight deeper and deeper for three days or sixty years, eh?  Then the sun!  a clutter of yellow and blue flakes — Hairy looking … Continue reading →

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Learning to Laugh

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

“Traces of nobility, gentleness and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend.  So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly.  It is just unfortunate that in the clumsy hands of a cartoonist all … Continue reading →

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The Impending Change of Scene

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

It is a lovely soft mid-fall morning here in Humptulips County; the sky is light blue, speckled with clouds and tinted with the rose hue of a still rising sun, and the hills I can see from our library window are suffused with the merest hint of October’s proprietary … Continue reading →

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Another Country

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

I love these raw moist dawns with a thousand birds you hear but can’t quite see in the mist. My old alien body is a foreigner struggling to get into another country. The loon call makes me shiver. Back at … Continue reading →

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A Passion For Retirement

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

And chances are, like me You want to slow down too, I can tell Take on fewer things, fewer things to do And do them well Maybe that’s the key to set us free Maybe that’s the key to the … Continue reading →

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A Path Through The Worlds

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

We have lived in our present home for 20 plus years, and the lower part of our driveway consisted of dirt and gravel until two weeks ago.  We finally decided to pave the driveway up to the point of the existing … Continue reading →

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Pesky Crows

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

Every time I interact with crows, I come away with the same conclusion: they have an alert intelligence and try hard to communicate across species about things that are important to them.  Unfortunately, I don’t speak their language. I walked to our mailbox … Continue reading →

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Last Light

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

Sometimes of an evening, when all that remains of a perfect day is a sense of warmth and remembrance, a clear sky, and the sun hanging just above the western horizon, the trunks of our pines are striped by the sun’s … Continue reading →

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The Final Journey, Part Two

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Gavin Stevens

Bob Weiss was never consciously late for any appointment, so it was no surprise to discover that he’d arrived in Washington, DC months in advance of his funeral party.  His ashes had been sent on ahead to a historical funeral parlor … Continue reading →

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