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Summer Is for Roses
The peonies are nearly done and the roses are blooming like they mean it.
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This is not an ocean
But it may as well be. After camp, I spent five gorgeous days at a resort in Whitehall, Michigan, with my family and my incredibly generous in-laws. It sits on Lake Michigan between White Lake and Duck...
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All the Moths
A couple years ago, I did a series of blog posts called Wildflower Wednesdays identifying Michigan wildflowers. In mid-July when I was up at camp, I found that the area moths loved to spend the day...
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Camp Lake Louise 2016
The weather was hot and perfect for waterfront activities. The kids were engaged, generally nice to each other, and most had pretty good attitudes. The campfires were fun (I was the “fire guy” for the...
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The Next Thing
Minute by minute, another August is ending. September whispers at the edges of leaves. It’s time for bats in the house and flocks of blackbirds lifting as one from fields and lighting like raindrops on...
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Oil Painting: August Sunrise
I haven’t painted in a week, as I have just been too busy with work, freelance, and some very pleasant obligations to friends. But sometime last week, I did manage to paint this scene of a misty August...
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These Early Summer Days
The last few mornings have been picture perfect. Calm and bright at sunrise, with birds and squirrels and one little bunny spotted in the dewy yard. Beams of pure sunlight break and scatter when they...
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In September, the house is sheathed with spiderwebs. At every corner of every window they build their deadly, gossamer castles and lie in wait, bloated and insatiable. Crane flies perch and hover at...
View ArticleA Haiku for the Impending Season
My mood broke with the weather and I realized that summer depressed me.
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