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Next year, on this day, Concord will celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the battle at the Old North Bridge.  I imagine it… Read More »April 19, 2024

She was always glad to see me. The day might be sunny, stormy, dismal or freezing, it never affected her mood, as far as I… Read More »An Old Friend

It was a misty moisty morning. Because I had missed my group walk at Walden Pond, I was feeling as cloudy as the weather. Off,… Read More »Human Kindness at Trader Joe’s

  A man who went by the name of John wrote the following story about Jesus around thirty years after it took place. Jesus had… Read More »The Very First Miracle

It was the first day of “No Mow May” and I was supremely annoyed.  In the meadow near our house a neighbor powered a loud… Read More »The Dandelions’ Comeback

  Back in the day, in the era when it was possible to find independent, owner-managed shops in my town, I took my electronic woes… Read More »Encounter

‘Twas one night before Christmas, but not the night.  Bells had been rung, carols sung. People were wending their way home in the chilly night,… Read More »One Night Before Christmas

Murmuration. It might be… -a whispered secret in a friend’s ear, -a brook spilling over river rocks, -the sound of night breezes, insects calling in… Read More »Murmuration

.                                          Dear Subscribers, “Circling Around… Read More »Announcing My Book