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Glorious Mornings
Reading Henry David Thoreau’s “Life Without Principle,” I was reminded of the author’s emphasis on observing sunrise and sunset, as well as other…
Mar 18
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January 2024
Changes
An overnight mist had drifted away with the arrival of a new day and its transitions. Beginning with the feathered fringes of first light, returning…
Jan 22
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September 2023
Fire
A sustained collection of flames strangely flew up from the familiar scenery in front of me, ranging throughout this park landscape visitors so often…
Sep 26, 2023
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August 2023
Reminiscence and Nostalgia
Advancing toward a marsh forest, I confront a mess of frenzied ephemeral insects seemingly threatening, thickening the air near me, so restless and…
Aug 22, 2023
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July 2023
Ridge Trail Triptych
I. A narrow black motorboat rocks in rough waters far offshore while this morning’s atmosphere has been drained of heavy overnight showers. On this…
Jul 18, 2023
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June 2023
Landscape and Language
A long sword of sunshine stabbed at the twisting trail ahead. Its blade of lengthening light reached through a new opening in the overcast and slid…
Jun 23, 2023
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May 2023
The Pace of Nature
After yesterday’s slow scroll of gray rain clouds and an all-day soaking, when the long arms of tall trees wrestled with whirling winds, the new season…
May 15, 2023
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April 2023
A Chaotic Array
This morning’s strong storm has moved to the east; a sparse layer of stray clouds has frayed and dissipated as well. In some places along the way…
Apr 25, 2023
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March 2023
Looking with Memory
Earlier during an instant of my inattention, a pair of white-tailed deer abruptly rumbled past me perhaps less than ten feet away—each rushing among…
Mar 26, 2023
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February 2023
Almost Unpaintable Charm
Leaving my car in a practically full parking lot that serves the busy public access portion of Indiana Dunes State Park at Waverly Beach where young…
Feb 26, 2023
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A Fading Haze
Yesterday, a veil of morning mist along Lake Michigan lingered long afterward as though lashed to the coast and unable, or at least reluctant, to leave…
Feb 6, 2023
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Introduction
Narratives represent chapters, though not in consecutive order, from a creative nonfiction memoir in progress. Each piece consists of short sections of…
Feb 6, 2023
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