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The Orchard
Logging in today, I realized I forgot to publish the State Fair entry– it was written back around September 2, but here it is the 13th… What I saw instead was the entry about keeping the farming under control. Which … Continue reading
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The Future
I spend and have always spent a considerable amount of time picuring the future. This may be why I was able to move around the country so easily for so many years. I love the art of imagining a life yet realized. I wouldn’t say … Continue reading
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Summer Vacation
I’d like to write about Terry Gilliam, as last week we had a great little Terry Gilliam-fest– Brazil, Imaginarium of Dr. Parnasus and the amazing documentary that explains it all: Lost in LaMancha. But it will have to wait, because … Continue reading
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Weeds
I have to admit that the constant work of transforming our landscape from grass to prairie and from prairie to more prairie is still completely overwhelming to me. Not that I’m doing it, but to have the landscape constantly being … Continue reading
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Swimming Hole
The major improvement to our property this summer has been the addition of a proper swimming hole. On the farm we have three ponds. There’s the small one behind our house that I’m using to water my garden. The water … Continue reading
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Small Town Crime Scene
There’s nothing like a hovering helicopter to give one a sense of menace. There have been two hovering three blocks away, and doing slow circles over our house and farm, for two days now. When I lived in Long Beach, … Continue reading
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Fisher’s Club in Avon
Tonight is opening night at my favorite local restaurant, Fisher’s Club in Avon. They have been around for 78 years. They are known for their walleye, but I think they have some of the best barbeque ribs I’ve ever had. Great, … Continue reading
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Landscaping
Steve and I discovered early that we were going to have to work to converse with each other. It’s not just the classic “men/women venus/mars” thing. Steve is a very analytical and abstract thinker, and I’m all story. Which is … Continue reading
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Dying in Spring, a coda
Steve got the couple’s plants moved and in the ground yesterday, since the forecast was for rain today. Indeed it is raining today, so it’s a good thing he did it. It was about 3 hours work, he bought some … Continue reading
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Sand Hill Cranes
It’s Saturday, and time to stalk more birds in the throes of mating out here on the farm. This morning, I gasped to look out the kitchen window and see two sand hill cranes by the oak tree– where the eagle … Continue reading
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