Category Archives: Miscellaneous musings
Random thoughts and a possible eagle
I think I saw an eagle when I drove through the park this morning, sitting in the top of a sycamore tree, with one wing hanging down, as though masking prey or, hopefully not, injured. I can’t be sure but … Continue reading
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English demise (and better late than never-)
The print edition of the local paper this morning had this headline, bold and big, at the top of the front page: “PUJOLS STATUE BORNE OF ADMIRATION” I was taken aback, and then thought maybe it was a play on … Continue reading
On the drive home this evening I saw a red-tailed hawk atop a light standard pulling feathers out of his evening’s meal. When I got home there were several fat squirrels in the back yard harvesting the stale bread Dennis … Continue reading
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Tactile thought
I made a most interesting and useful discovery this week while attempting to write a few coherent paragraphs based on ideas and concepts pulled from several different literatures- I require tactile contact with paper in order to organize my own … Continue reading
Celebration
It’s done it’s done the grant is done, sent off in its neat little package before the last FedEx pickup, punched the “send” button on the computer too, for better or worse that one’s done. Somehow paper feels more final. … Continue reading
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What a sweet, beautiful morning it is here, as hurricane Irene pounds up the East coast. Though I must work today, I’ve promised myself a walk when I need a break, and to leave by 4 PM. You don’t get … Continue reading
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Simply musing
Took a hot, mid-day walk today, again to clear my head. No one out in the heat, much. The ground is sere, the trees dropping leaves early- this reminds me, today, of a woman I roomed with once, a tall, … Continue reading
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Katydid Courtship on Hot Summer Day
It is courtship season for katydids. I heard them in the trees outside my window as I sat early this morning, that distinctive sawing sound as the males rub their forewings together to sing to the females; the females’ chirping … Continue reading
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Old and grumpy or just different?
On my way back from lunch today (having hungered for something besides the millionth-and-1st peanut butter sandwich I brought with me), I saw a young mockingbird asking to be fed. I saw a little girl walking with her mother. The … Continue reading
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