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So I see someone walking near me, or I see a stranger's face in a passing car and I can't help asking questions. Who is that? Why are they driving that direction at that time? ... More »
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THE PLACE WHERE LOVE LIVES In this place there is a small wind. It rearranges dry leaves and covers and uncovers objects resting in sand. The sun is hot but there is shade. In the... More »
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Yesterday I was inside most of the day at a high school. When I went in that morning, it was raining. It wasn't dumping, just raining steadily. It was chilly and it felt good to... More »
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It could not have been a more beautiful day. Maybe that is cliche, but I tell you, it could not have been a more perfect day. Blue skies with drifting white clouds, the hills green... More »
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Dugway Road runs for three miles between Cochran Road and Huntington Road. It is gravel and runs along the Huntington River. It is beautiful to run along on any day, but today it was as... More »
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THESE GRANDFATHERS You read me your first poem: your grandfather dying, your mother crying; the night cold, the sky big, the moon sharp and mean. Those first words were a blanket; your only warmth except... More »
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I have never felt that I am very good at dealing with grief. It is easy to say "I'm sorry" when someone dies. That is what is supposed to say, after all. But when someone... More »
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Last fall we saw a bunch of corn husks stacked up on the beaver's lodge. We wondered if they had drifted there (seemed iffy) or had been piled on by the beaver. The corollary question... More »
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Today I took time to run eleven miles. Two things about that: first, I ran with my wife, which pretty much never happens, let alone that far; second, this is the farthest I have run... More »
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Crazy weather today. It was raining when I fell asleep last night. It had clearly snowed in the night and was raining when I woke this morning. The rain was freezing and ice coated everything. ... More »
