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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal

English - Nature, Memoir
http://www.pinemeadowpond.com
The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

snow soliloquy

The snow piles at the edges of our driveway are now over my head.  My study, with its walls half-underground, has snow mid-way up its windows. Some days, this makes me feel warm and snug, like I’m in a grouse’s snow burrow; others, it makes me feel trapped. As New Englanders and Midwesterners alike
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

remembering 2010

Midway through December, I found out about a writing project called Reverb 10. It was billed as an “online initiative to reflect on [the past] year,” according to the website at http://www.reverb10.com. I’m typically not terribly fond of these kinds of things, but this one was different because it s
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

nuances

The pond shimmies in the cold, as if to say to the chill wind, “You can’t catch me.” The next morning, it wears a necklace of ice around its edges but continues to bob and weave. The wind gives up, and the calm breath of December descends overnight, slowly, slowly. In the morning, the pond [...]
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

día de los muertos

There are two gray months on the pond — November and February — bookends, if you will. This November is no exception; it’s already lonely and dreary. Already, the beauty of our New England October is hidden from view. The swans were still there yesterday, at the pond across the road, but they were c
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

early november miscellany

On this, the first day of the return to standard time, the sunrise was beautiful and early, and the skies stayed blue for a couple of hours. Then, the clouds moved in; we began our slow return to gray, and some snow flurries sneaked in. In fact, the weather forecast calls for a dusting of [...]
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

octoberness

To survey the landscape now is to see that the oranges and yellows have mellowed to a rich, deep copper, no less compelling against the still turquoise sky. The oaks have yet to shed their leaves, but most of the maples, and all of the ash and birches, are bare. The apples are sweet and [...]
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

october almanack: restlessness

In the morning, just before sunrise, the Canada geese wake me with their chatter, just as they have all spring and summer. These days, they fly away within an hour or two. There are few, if any, on Pine Meadow Pond throughout the day. They return around dusk, flying in from various directions. No lo
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

clarity

Dear Readers – I wrote this post last month while I was migrating my blog to its new platform and doing all the accompanying behind-the-scenes work. I hope you’ll agree it’s still timely. ~ Beth I’m at my desk, listening to familiar pond sounds – the high-pitched chip, chip, chip of an agitated chip
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

migration

“Idgie lit a cigarette for Smokey, the hobo, and said, ‘… One November, a big flock of ducks, oh, about forty or more, landed right smack in the middle of that lake, and while they were sitting there, that afternoon, a fluke thing happened. The temperature dropped so fast that the whole lake froze o
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The Pine Meadow Pond Journal · 1Y ago

the egg debacle

Over half a BILLION eggs have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination, and it appears that the contaminated eggs have come from two giant factory farms in Iowa. Perhaps the buy local movement isn’t so crazy, after all. Check out what The New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, has
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