Hilltop view of Orion’s Belt by David Silsbee By Charlotte Pyle I went out the other night to look at the stars. The view of the night sky is fairly obstructed by trees at my house, but fitting perfectly between two pine trees, there was a familiar constellation of the Winter sky. The ancient Greeks […]
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“Contrary to what you may have heard, there is no new data predicting a large earthquake in eastern Connecticut,” stated Dawn McKenzie, Regional Coordinator at the United States Geological Survey. “We recommend only the usual awareness at this time.” The 2022 annual report from the Geological Survey does forecast significant seismological activity for eastern Connecticut
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When we go, we always leave something of ourselves behind.When she closes her eyes to tell a story, she travels through time, back to when she and her twin sister Harriett were little girls on a big farm. From behind her wide smile a clearly remembered, deeply felt tale evolves, slowly spun in that dropped
It’s a compulsion, this walking alone. It’s one of my purest pleasures. Today I revisit Iron Mine Valley. Hiking in what remains of Connecticut’s wilderness, my alertness is at a high pitch, right-brained introspection at an equal one. This little JT area is the ‘front porch’ of the Natchaug State Forest, among the thickest, darkest
OPTIMISM – Ten Bucks and Change It’s hard to come by these days, isn’t it? Action, you already know, is the most effective antidote for existential gloom. Psychologists are right when they say helping others is the best medicine. I’m now belatedly but determinedly engaged in creating more ecological islands in my ragged lawn: naturalized
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