I don’t need to invent a scary story for the blog this Halloween. There’s a real one here. “It’s a beautiful bug”, admitted my wife, Kris. In fact, it comes in a costume appropriate for the holiday. Although the spotted lanternfly plague covers much of Connecticut, Windham County has so far mostly escaped the assault.
I think a lot about community. Particularly as the world is literally on fire from individual greed and carelessness. By comparison, my thoughts often circle back to the Sixties, when I was growing my hair and growing my appreciation for the acceptance, tolerance and compassion modeled by those encouraging harmony. I could quote you Beatles
By Irene Barnard Irises Despite a spate of snowstorms it’s clear that winter is passing. Spring is coming, and with it the sun’s rebirth after a season of darkness. Waking from winter’s deep sleep, hibernating animals stir in their dens, and so do we—even with February’s cold! New buds peek through the snow and ice,
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by George Jacobi Sometime in mid February, winter will blink, grudgingly admitting that the longer days mean spring is winning. Despite dirty snow still banked high along roads, increased trickles of ground water rising at a benign 52 degrees will initiate ice melting in the shallowest parts of shallow ponds, bogs, and marshes. These days
No better place to start than this: I speak for the trees. The Lorax (Dr. Seuss) During the silent stillness of January, tree frogs sleep, snow fleas leap, black bears ready themselves to give birth, and maple buds ready themselves to grow red. Here are some more quotes to feed our souls and warm our
Some Wise Words for Midwinter Read Post »
By George Jacobi Spring will come again, they tell me. Right now, though, it’s shockingly cold. A once promising summer vanished in a bleak November, buffeting me with gusts of biting wind. The hope that sustained me for that long warm season faded fast. Homeless and harried in my own land, I’ve lost my stability
