Posted On: February 24, 2009
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On Day 69—the last day—as we prepare to fly away from Temporary Retirement and Approximate Paradise, some stories stand out. Some days still glow. Some moments feel like sprouting soul-seeds rather than mere memories. Like…
Posted On: February 23, 2009
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This Sabbatical ends soon, too soon. So I’m sitting in the sun one last time staring at the sea. The temptation calls to get all maudlin, and indeed, emotions do run amuck in these final…
Posted On: December 17, 2008
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Time to get UP! That alarm sure sounds rude at 4:30. Especially when you were packing past midnight. Particularly when the slumbers weren’t golden anyhow. And most of all when the guy who is supposed…
Posted On: October 2, 2008
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The soon-to-be southbound loons were crying before I even got outside today, long before sunrise.
Dew clung to the grass like millions of tears from the heart of the earth.
Geez, I hate to be…