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Not here
A couple weeks ago, it seemed that everywhere I looked people were enjoying ramp season – like here, and here, and even here. But – and this is the important part – not here. That is, not here, in my...
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One fish two fish red fish … green fish
(Yes, that’s a Dr. Seuss reference – I am continuing with the children’s literature theme for today :) This is a quick post about a quick fish! I am not much of a wine drinker, but I am a sucker …...
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Variations on a theme – and our second winner!
If you’re here to see who won, you can cruise down to the bottom of the post … or just stay with me a moment while I muse on the idea of variations. I’ll be brief, since as Alana so … Continue reading →
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One of these mornings – and our third winner!
One of these mornings You’re going to rise up singing Then you’ll spread your wings And you’ll take to the sky … – George Gershwin, from Summertime (And have you heard this beautiful version? Or seen...
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Steinbeck’s Eden
Steinbeck’s Eden is dry and dusty The windrows grown of greener days The well-pump handle is long since rusty Windfall, rain and valley haze … Just keep going wild honey Somewhere northward of Monterey...
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To give in the same measure
Our new kitchen faces east, and so now the day’s first light glides across our breakfast table, reminding us of our earth and its turning, turning. Morning is broken, says Jacob. If I touch the...
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Traveling the deep
At the Monterey Bay Aquarium there is an exhibit called Open Sea. It is a spectacle, awe-inspiring; a magnificent 90-foot window glows blue in the dark of the viewing room, and behind it, enormous tuna...
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