Monthly Archives: June 2014

“God is in the details”

Real summer. Natural beauty.                                                                                            No texting or smartphone required.

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L’il Red

Resident backyard squirrel. Furry high-wire aerial artist. Shelled-peanut connoisseur.

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“Context is all”–John Updike

It sure is. smaller, specific details————————————larger, general contexts On the imaginary continuum above, there are specific, separate details which have their own merit, especially in helping us to perceive and know more carefully and fully. God can be in the … Continue reading

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2 Different Flavours

Butterscotch (made with brown sugar and more butter than in caramel, with a pinch of sea salt) was reported today as a favourite flavour of Canadian women (a flavour largely unavailable to many Americans). “The sun shone in like butterscotch/and stuck to … Continue reading

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Saturday U Walk

“I can only meditate when I am walking. My mind only works with my legs.”–Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Eli and “The (Other) Misfits”

Well, I don’t know if I’d agree that the late Eli Wallach’s character Guido in The Misfits was “likable” as one press item put it. He was a very memorable misfit who flew his beloved temperamental plane over the bare … Continue reading

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Fridge & Freezer Deaths

It can happen. A point made more palpable when fridge thermometers suddenly record numbers like 10 C for fridges and 0-5 for freezers. Suddenly the recent, mysterious sounds from a kitchen or basement begin to make more sense. In my … Continue reading

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Today I am

a small blue thing Like a marble or an eye… I am falling down the stairs I am skipping on the sidewalk I am thrown against the sky I am raining down in pieces I am scattering like light ………………………. … Continue reading

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Sissinghurst Memory

“The impossible can always be broken down into possibilities.”–Unknown -1- Ariel was reading again. The stack of garden books beside his bed told him everything he needed to know. He pored over the pages of magical places–Giverny, Hidecote, Kew. The … Continue reading

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Recalling Suzanne

Tonight listening to her excellent DVD-CD boxset Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega and recalling meeting her at the Arden in March 2010. She had finished her concert and I was first at the autograph table (as I often am … Continue reading

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