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SECOND SIGHT
I've noticed as I grow older that my conscious mind is not so defensive about its executive authority. I feel the steady encroachment of...
THE WAITING GAME
I sometimes think of myself as Jody Tiflin, the boy from John Steinbeck's story who longed to have his mare Nellie deliver a foal, the...
THE VERNAL EQUINOX
I found three tiny crocus sprouts in the garden today. They were as innocent as a boy's first pubic hair, tentative and shy, but...
A SON OF MARCH
I once had a conversation with a man from Siberia who said he grew up in a sturdy hut out on the steppes where the temperatures in winter...
MELTING SNOW
I've been watching the snow recede from the hill opposite the house. It takes a long time if the snowfall was heavy, which it was two...
HOW'S THE WEATHER?
My son rolls his eyes up whenever I ask him how the weather is over there. He can't believe I reached a dead end in our phone...
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