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Recent posts
- An exotic pigeon inspired this handspun, knitted shawl
- A bobolink sings in the city
- Spring planting
- Time to plant potatoes
- Shedding light on celiac disease; seeking a cure
- Green space makes happy place
- Spring starts with baby goats
- City trees hit hard by ice storm
- A photogenic winter
- A farm away from home
Tag Archives: pilgrim at tinker creek
To Travel or Stay
The Earth contains much wisdom. Travel changes the way we experience it. It is commonly held that travel enriches our experience of history and culture. However, staying in one place deepens wisdom differently. It is like having a monogamous relationship … Continue reading
Posted in travel
Tagged aldo leopold, annie dillard, culture, genius loci, landscape, lorraine roy, pilgrim at tinker creek, sarah harmer, sense of place, simplicity, travel
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Inspiration: Annie Dillard
We all need people who inspire us, whether heroes, models, mentors or friends. During the WordCount Blogathon Speed River Journal will present a special Saturday feature profiling people I admire. These are all living people whose work relates directly or … Continue reading
Posted in books, profiles
Tagged annie dillard, depression, henry david thoreau, literature, nature writing, pilgrim at tinker creek, religion, walden
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Ode to an Office Window
The world outside my office window unfolds like a movie from first glow of dawn to evening frog song. Below it, the birdfeeder hangs by the porch. Throughout the day birds land in the honey-locust tree to check for safety … Continue reading
Posted in nature
Tagged annie dillard, birds, cedar waxwings, creativity, pilgrim at tinker creek, windows
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