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Category Archives: Our Place in the Firmament
Stage Settings and Realities
We are approaching Vienna, a city to which I’ve never physically been but one which I, like many on this earth, believe I know well because of its continuous celebration in movies, in literature, and by song. Vienna is one of those cities … Continue reading
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Ghosts
I walked among ghosts yesterday in Nuremberg, Germany – many of whom were far more terrifying than those that populated my dreams as a young child or the celluloid whimsies that Hollywood and its offspring often produce. For I walked among the ghosts … Continue reading
Sailing in the Dark
It is night. We are sailing on the Maine River in Germany. The lounge where I’m writing is deserted, the vessel is using its running lights, and the shore is slipping by without revealing itself unless we are passing a place of human … Continue reading
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The Rest of Us Ought to Listen More
During the late 1950s, there was a television series called The Naked City that always ended with the following tag line: “There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.” While a cliché, the tag line … Continue reading
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A Birthday Party
Ninety years gone by. Not as many as 95 or 100, but still a long time. An occasion for reflection and contemplation, a moment that is appropriate for a scan of the past and the present and also a look … Continue reading
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Musings From This Side of Morning’s Silhouette
The pre-dawn hour has arrived in Humptulips County, and the sky is just beginning to brighten. The sun is still concealed behind the eastern mountains, but just enough sunlight is leaking over their tops to provide a red, rose and … Continue reading
A Spring Thunderstorm
We’ve had a week of stormy weather at the Farm, a crazy quilt of weather that’s swung from gentle rain to soaking rain to cloudiest to hail, and back around the horn again. And again. Last evening, this craziness culminated in a thunderstorm. Not just any thunderstorm, … Continue reading
Replacements
At a little after 4:30 today, the man I was hired to replace walked out the door for the last time in his pre-retirement life. While he is not officially retired until April 1st, today was his last official day … 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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