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Fathers-In-Law
January 24, 2016 A fog storm settled in around us as we worked the rail fence. We started setting posts in the last moments of autumn hoping to beat the winter cold. We didn’t make it. The cold barreled in and uncritical chores became critical and the remaining post and railing took a seat. Those…
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Belief of Everything
barn hay debris floats in january snow melt string theory vibrating filaments
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Family—99 %’s & Malheur
January 10, 2016 Never gave the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge much thought before? Neither had I. I traveled nearby, once, a few years ago. Heading south to the Steens Mountain Wilderness, I skirted by to the west on the two-lane highway. I probably passed a sign telling me to turn east to the Refuge, but…
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Sign—Post
no hunting, no trespassing? why do I assume it was not “Welcome”
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Not Probable, But Believable
December 27, 2015 Snow crunched as we walked to the truck. Christmas morning, 5:30am, 4 degrees, and a full moon had the landscape glimmering and welcoming in mystical, frozen sort of way. Little is like the sharpness stars take on when the air crackles. Thus an unexpected gift, I gave no thought to fifteen minutes…
Chewing the Cud 