In 2002 I embarked on a haiku-a-day exchange with my sister through the mail for a year. It was a return to writing for me after a twenty year hiatus, and one that would bear surprising fruit. Although at the time it was just a personal exchange between my sister and me, the work eventually found…
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Starlings
The evening wind came up strongly with the setting sun. One of those brief, brisk autumn fronts, wheeling in from the west that lifted our chimney cap straight off its seat. It bounced and skidded on our roof until it dove down right outside our kitchen door landing with a metallic clang and a thud.…
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Sharing
When I first met Hall of Fame musician Tom Morgan he handed me his pre-war Martin D28 to play. It was a treasure I had only seen in pictures or heard on records before. As Tom picked up his mandolin we began to play the music he helped pioneer, on the extraordinary guitar that defined it.…
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Touching Down
In Vermont there is a place where injured birds can come to be healed. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science is a refuge for bird recovery and rehabilitation, only one of two in the United States. It is privately funded and has a very admirable success rate. Among its residents are Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Owls…
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