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Category Archives: Wind
Another Scary Hallowe’en!
Last year, Hallowe’en brought us a blizzard, the Snowtober Blizzard, a weird, out-of-season storm. It devastated the trees here in our community, brought down power lines some of which weren’t repaired for weeks, closed down towns and cities and even, … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Etcetera, Failure, Memory, Nature, Pioneer Valley, Wind
Tagged Hallowe'en, Hurricanes, Monsters, Nature, Storms
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In the Time of Falling Leaves
The leaves are falling, falling — The wind blew sharp today. Autumn fading, winter’s icy breath chills early morning, evening, late. * * * The Buddha said: Just as … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Buddha, Challenge, Death, Etcetera, Mindfulness, Nature, Wind, winter
Tagged Autumn, Buddha, Meditation, Mindfulness, Parables, Winter
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Beach Creatures Do the Locomotion —
Most times when people speak about evolution, they do so as if it’s all ended with modern man. Of course that’s chutzpah; the evolutionary force will do what it wants. There is, however, a Dutch artist named Theo Jansen who … Continue reading
HURRICANE INTERLUDE, or Whoosh with the Wind — UPDATE
Instead of the laden refrigerator I showed while waiting for Irene, the weekend visitor from Hell — here are blue skies on Sunday afternoon. The winds are still high — you can tell from the photo — but the rain … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Food, Nature, Pioneer Valley, Wind
Tagged Disasters, Food, Gratitude, Hurricanes, Rain, Water, Wind
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