The Magic of a Summer Night

Last night I took a half hour to meditate on the sights and sounds of a summer evening in my neighborhood.  I watched as fireflies materialized among the hodgepodge of gardens and pulsed among the dark tree canopy. 
While focused on the enchanting glow, a sound caught my ear.  It was the unmistakable sound of a [...]

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Agriculture the Root of All Evil?

I just finished reading The Story of B, a book sent to me by a coworker whose daughter is also reading Daniel Quinn.  It’s a pretty interesting novel that anyone into anthropology, history, world religion, and science should read. If you’re mainly into fiction for plot and character, however, this isn’t really well written in that respect.  [...]

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Taste Test

Last night we were wined and dined by Manor Catering. The food was lovely and the portions were enough to fill us, even though it was only a taste-test. We’ll be signing the contract this week to make it official.
Hors devours:
We gorged ourselves on delicious crab dip smeared on perfect pieces of triangle pita, [...]

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Wednesday Writes: Observations #1

Cold morning breathes icy ghosts
into the dark face of the creek
and deer raises her wet, black nose
 

 
 
 
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Ink bones stand unearthed
against white January sky
against shivering mud water
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Two red hawks sit side-by-side
on a leafless oak arm like quiet,
old lovers looking into fields of youth  
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Day old dusting glows
under naked porch light
exposing little squirrel [...]

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Love for a Toad and Walnut Tree

picture from www.frw.ca

I was at the most magical place today for Mike’s sister’s wedding shower. It was an old stone house tucked down and around a very narrow path in Jacksonville, near Towson. The house sat on 18 acres of walnut forest and quiet meadow. There were long stone walls and a grand stone staircase [...]

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