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A Bit of History...gone.

posted 5 months ago | 6 comments
This photo is one I took in June 2011 of the covered bridge in North Blenheim, NY.

My friend Pat and I had gone to Minekill State Park and Minekill falls in the Schoharie Valley and stopped at the bridge on the way home and took many photos of th...

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From Serene to Severe

posted 5 months ago | 5 comments
A slightly longer blog post this morning...

The retreats at Pyramid went well...until Saturday night when word of the impending storm reached the center. About half of the folks left after dinner Saturday night (which was a GORGEOUS night...stran...

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Getting closer.

posted 5 months ago | 7 comments
I have to admit - I am really starting to get antsy over here.

Listening to the crickets outside my window, and the yard birds earlier, I was thinking about how the sounds will change in just a day and a half. I will hear the loons calling - thei...

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Summer slipping away

posted 6 months ago | 7 comments
It has been pretty busy around here lately -

During a break we had from the heat and humidity (and we actually had a couple of days without rain storms) I got the garage doors repainted. Both the overhead and the side door. It's something that h...

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Ordinary Miracles

posted 6 months ago, updated 4 minutes later | 8 comments
I'm steeped in them..especially lately.

Not only in getting ready to lead two retreats at Pyramid Lake in a couple of weeks, but also in the Nature Photography course that is now part of the Adult Ed. courses offered at the local community colleg...

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Vespers

posted 6 months ago | 6 comments
There's nothing better than a beautiful summer sunset along the banks of a river, a lake, or a pond. Well, maybe sunrise in these same locations....

My friend and I went out for some photos on a night that was faultless. Not too hot or too cool, ...

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Update on the blessing

posted 7 months ago, updated 2 minutes later | 6 comments
It's been quite a week.

My last blog was about my cousin finding me after about 15 years, and I've since nailed down where the link came from. It was a topic posted in one of the groups I am in - back in March 2010. Because of this one entry, eve...

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More surprise blessings

posted 7 months ago | 8 comments
This afternoon, as I sat here at the desk and was sorting through this mornings’ pictures, an email notification popped up and I saw that a private message had been sent to me here at Eons and the screen name was totally unfamiliar. Then a friend ...

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Back from Still Point

posted 7 months ago | 8 comments
And settling in once again.

I do have to say, it is dark out now and I am missing hearing the frog chorus that began in earnest around 9 each night and ran through the night. Then, in the morning, hearing the birds take over around 4:30AM. My nig...

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On my way...again

posted 7 months ago, updated 2 minutes later | 6 comments
Just a quick post before I head out for a few days at Still Point.

Finally, things are "tied up" enough that my immediate obligations have been met. Today the weather is unsettled, we had a thunderstorm move through a few minutes ago and more are...

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