Friday, April 30, 2010

Arbor Day

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Deciduous Trees: Half full or half empty? You decide: " . . . the deciduous idea! trees die for half the year & take all else i...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Bat Poem

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Goodbat Nightman God bless all policemen and fighters of crime, May thieves go to jail for a very long time. They've had a hard day help...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Pink Moon

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The April Full Moon is often called The Pink Moon, because of the moss pink ground phlox, one of the earliest widespread flowers of the Spri...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

Grief & Relief

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Dandelion Dancer For an updated version of this post, please read "Grief & Relief" on the Fortnightly Kitti Carriker ...
Friday, April 23, 2010

To Us, Fair Bard, You Are Immortal

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Four Hundred and Forty - Six Beauteous Springs: Happy Birthday Shakespeare! SONNET 104 To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you ...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Happy (Heaven On) Earth Day

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A Springtime Revelation by Sarah Vowell (b. 1969) American historian, humorist, journalist from her essay, "the End is Near, Nearer, Ne...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Opinions & Facts

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My friend Burnetta posted the following quotation on facebook a few days ago: "You're entitled to your own opinion. But you can...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

Back When They Were the Gnomes

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Current Fortnightly Post: "Play With This!" 1995: Ben, Mom, Sam PS. Some have asked me if it was oppressive, having the iron sec...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Little Gnome, Little Mice

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Current Fortnightly Post: "Play With This!" I can appreciate Anne Lamott's anecdote about the evening when her son Sam hugged...
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Taste & See

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O Taste and See by Denise Levertov(1923 - 1997) British-born American Poet The world is not with us enough O taste and see the subway Bible ...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

The Hesperides

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The Garden of the Hesperides by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833 - 98) The Garden of the Hesperides is the Goddess Hera's orchard, in ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

We Remember

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I think continually of those who were truly great . . . What is precious is never to forget . . . The names of those who in their lives foug...
Monday, April 12, 2010

If Only My Mind Can Be Truly Beautiful

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"In the mornings I drank the dew that fell from the magnolia: At evening ate the petals that dropped from chrysanthemums. If only my mi...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Wild Violets

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Just a few days ago, my sister took this photograph of her favorite flower, such a subtle variation of the violets we usually see. Plus she...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

April Leaf

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INVITATION STANDING Bring a leaf to me just a leaf just a spring leaf, an april leaf just come Blue sky never mind Spring rain never min...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Another Lost & Found Story

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Daffodils I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Fair Easter

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Flowering Plum in Our Back Garden "FAIR EASTER, QUEEN OF ALL THE DAYS, OF SEASONS, BEST, DIVINEST!" ~ John of Damascus, 8thC ~
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Peter the Rock

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Rene Castle as Mary Magdalene Cavin Cornwall as Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar, 2000 Peter the Rock ( click title to lo...
Thursday, April 1, 2010

Sleight of Hand

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Be careful! April fools! Pay heed! Trickster I'll give you a hint: the trickster likes attention. Sometimes he pretends to love you and...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A Mom on Fire

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“ It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. ” from Harry Potter and the ...
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