nature
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The Beauty of Clouds.
The sky is an endless dream.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I’m not quite the weather geek that my son is, but I do love a good weather event — a blizzard, a loud summer thunderstorm, booming with thunder and crackling with… Continue reading
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A Little Winter Sunset Stroll
A fiery ember sinks low in the sky. If you listen closely, you might hear the faint sizzle as it melts into the snow, painting the world in golden twilight and the soft glow of a winter night.~ Unknown After… Continue reading
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Finding Magic in Nature’s Reflections
In a Wonderland they lie, dreaming as days go by, dreaming as summers die: Ever drifting down the stream—lingering in the golden gleam—life, what is it but a dream?~ Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass, 1871 Often when looking at… Continue reading
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Tropical Vibes in the Bronx: A Winter Escape
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.~ Marcus Tullius Cicero Luke and I decided that it was time for a bit of a tropical interlude in the midst of a wintry landscape, so we… Continue reading
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The Calm Between Storms
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.~ Willa Cather As one storm clears, another begins to gather. The quiet in between. Continue reading
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January Musings…
In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak mid-winter, long ago.~ Christina Rossetti, 1872 January. Is it still January?… Continue reading
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Block Island: History, Nature, and Beauty
Circled by waters that never freeze, beaten by billow and swept by breeze, lieth the island of Manisees….~ John Greenleaf Whittier, from his poem Palatine. January has got to be the longest and dullest month to trudge through. The glitter… Continue reading
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Dog Days of Winter
January, the Monday of months…~F. Scott Fitzgerald Chasing sunshine in the midst of a gloomy January.Taking every day as it comes… Continue reading
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The Beauty of Frost: A Winter Reflection
Cold indeed, and labor lost: Then farewell heat, and welcome frost.~ William Shakespeare Seeking peace. Noticing softness in a harsh season. Continue reading
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The Magic of a Snowfall…
I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.~ Sylvia Plath I have a love/hate relationship with winter – the darkness, the bleak pallor it casts over the landscape, the cold… Continue reading
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