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My New View!
Hello! I did not think I’d be doing this, but here I am, starting a second bog! Why on earth am I doing this? Because I’ve been asked to, which is a lovely reason. The folks over at my local...
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Walking on Water
It’s been a strange winter here in southwest Minnesota. I’ve lived down in this corner of the state for 14 years, and while I remember previous winters with very little snow (including some dreaded...
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My Year in Footwear
I need a new pair of walking shoes. You know, the kind we used to call tennis shoes and our mothers called sneakers. The kind that I wear every single day, winter or summer, because I don’t like...
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Windy Enough for Mary Poppins?
It is windy on the prairie today. I mean, like 52mph kind of winds. The kind of wind that keeps me indoors with cup after cup of tea. There are things I’m supposed to do in town, but I’m chicken of...
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I Love a Foggy Day
The clouds have touched the earth today. It is the kind of day where the world narrows down, lending the illusion that you stand alone on an island, like Robinson Caruso, and you aren’t exactly sure if...
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Brief Reflections on this Frigid Winter Day
My nose is cold. So are my feet. I’m wearing two pairs of socks, but I’m foolishly sitting by a sliding glass door and it’s two degrees out with a wind chill of minus seven. I suppose I ought to move,...
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I Dream an Ocean
I live on the prairie, but I was born near the sea. On rocky shores and tidepools I cut my teeth. And it is never far from my mind. So I give you this today – a poem, I suppose – because I can’t stop...
View ArticleIce, Snow, Devastation and a Kazoo Band
There are moments in your life that you never forget. When I am old and wrinkled and more gray even than I am now, I will remember this week with tears, with smiles, and, possibly, with laughter. My...
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Ice Storm Photos
This is what we woke up to the morning after the lights went out. All the following ice photos are from that first day – all taken through our windows. The snow photos were the second day, mostly also...
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