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Month: February 2021

February 6, 2021February 7, 2021

A Half-inch Snow

Came before the freeze, the world will be a crusty white for a week at least. Winter’s first real blast is here, highs in the teens next week. Sunset 5:59. Yesterday was my sister, Lynn’s, birthday. I thought I could write a tribute to her, but it wasn’t that simple. It’s gonna take some time…

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February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

The Place That Holds Us

Speak hard to winter for me. I need to blink again a couple of times I think, for it to come around, for it to fade and only then come clean.We ask , forgetting we already know, will the silence last? Some dream like snow unfallen goes lightly where before there was only breath, contrived…

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February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

Southwind

Last night’s serenity has become tonight’s cacophony. Dry tree limbs clattering like old bones and young, lissom branches bending and whistling and singing in chorus. Occasionally, one limb will become the bow and the other limb becomes the fiddle string. The air is alive and warm, the sky is grey and indifferent. The mighty Southwind…

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February 3, 2021February 18, 2021

Peace on the Prairie

Yes, the physical beauty of the world is more subtle in winter, and serenity is the reward for those who take the time to find the green within the grays and browns. Those searching for beauty now must adopt a slower pace, wait a little longer to see what comes to the surface, try a…

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February 2, 2021February 2, 2021

Running Down The Clock

February is the last hurdle, the last month that doesn’t carry at least a hint of spring in its name. This is the one you grit your teeth over, the one that tests your resolve, the one that used to be a terror, back when we had real winters. But maybe that’s just Kansas these…

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February 1, 2021

The First Shift

The giant chevron flights of geese have moved on, the ones that are here now are the ones that have decided that this spot between the two rivers is a decent place to settle down and raise up some young’uns,. Tonight, they’re definitely in courtship mode, flying low and solo up the river singing out…

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