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In the Quiet of the Maine Woods
Recently, in the quiet of the Maine woods and along the shores I saw many beautiful things. Like a feather caught in seaweed. And wild blueberries sprouting along rocky crags. Pinecones, of course....
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Feathers
Between meetings today, I was able to stroll through the Boston Public Gardens. As I rested in the shade of a willow tree by the pond, mallards waddled by on land while a majestic white swan glided...
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Feathers On Ice
As coffee brews in the morning, I find myself doing a quick scan of the windows to see the patterns of ice that have formed in the night. Usually my attention is focused just on the windows, the ice...
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swans at rest in st. stephen’s green
Okay, I have to admit, not only the mallards paused to let me snap a photo. As I watched the swans’ feathers rustling in the winds whipping through St. Stephen’s Green, I thought of the Greek myth...
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from which nest, I do not know
a feather blew through the kitchen window to land upon a bottle on the floor the house is surrounded by sparrows and blue jays and a baby robin I know I saw on the parking lot below hawks fly past and...
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only later did I see the single grey feather floating nearby
scenes along the Charles River
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adagio
Recently, a family of swans swam past me. As they did so, several spread their wings in the sunlight. Slow movements that made me think of motion and music. I took many photos, and I wondered what am...
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in the beginning I nearly drank the feather
I was racing around and suddenly grew thirsty. I picked up a glass by the bed and just happened to look down before I swallowed the little feather that had slipped out of its pillow to drift into my...
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and then afterwards, like snow falling
I remembered seeing another feather earlier this morning. It lay upon the floor and I thought how lovely nestled at the foot of the bed. After photographing the little feather in the glass, I...
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my feather is on page 34 and …
… paired with a powerful poem referencing Icarus. It can take a while for the free version of the 52 page journal to load but it is worth it to start from page one and work your way to the end. This...
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that winged thing
I need to write a story about hope for a magazine and, so far, all that comes to mind are feathers. These were floating in the pond in Boston Public Garden yesterday. And so was she …
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what happens when you sit still
I finally see the birds making all the sounds by the river.
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