Tag Archives: Writing

Earth Day – 2019

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

A thin haze dimmed reflected light from the moon. Thin enough to allow dots of starlight to penetrate the atmosphere and with moonlight illuminate the neighborhood. The haze was just enough to know it was there. I moved trays of … Continue reading →

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Burning Brush in the Carbon Cycle

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

Is burning brush good for the environment? As a gardener I burn brush on a garden plot a couple times a year, rotating the burns on each of seven plots over time. The idea is the mass of the brush … Continue reading →

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Going Home After Notre Dame

Posted on April 16, 2019 by

I’m going home. Yesterday’s fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, on Île de la Cité in Paris, brought that feeling from the darkness. It is no longer my world. When I visited Notre Dame I didn’t take photos. I brought a … Continue reading →

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Long Goodbye to Workforce

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

By July 3, the tenth anniversary of my departure from the logistics company, I hope to have my exit from the workforce defined. I continue to work for pay and barter and am concerned with a loss of income those … Continue reading →

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Burn Pile

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

I lit the burn pile with two matches and a pile of scrap paper but the long branches didn’t all burn. In fact, most of them didn’t, except in the middle where fire took hold for a while then died … Continue reading →

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On a Warm Spring Day

Posted on April 7, 2019 by

Saturday was the first spring day with temperatures in the low 70s. I spent a few hours raking and using the chainsaw, beginning yard clean up. More clean up remains but I’ve learned to take it easy until returning to … Continue reading →

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New Way of Seeing

Posted on April 4, 2019 by

I had an epiphany while reading Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s memoir, Shortest Way Home, the March release of which coincides with his presidential campaign. In the first chapter he described growing up in South Bend, Indiana, a place I frequented while … Continue reading →

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