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Radio address for October 14, 2010, released a few days late. Have you ever been pathetically but persistently pursued?
The Windhover
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Four Front Pockets With Snaps
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Radio address for December 1, 2010. It is extremely cold and snowy here now. These are just a few glimpses of surviving and micro-thriving in the middle of winter.
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The Settler
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Radio address for December 8, 2010, a poem I wrote this last Sunday.
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The Summons
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What if I am among those that winter separates unto Pluto rather than to Jupiter this year? The summons was to the clearing at midnight, and I had always dreaded it.
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The King and the Jester
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Radio address for February 18, 2011: some things not many people seem to know about Niagara Falls.
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Eggplant Suede Chairs
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Radio address for June 6: Maybe if you’re denied a pile of money, you’re better able to think outside the box and focus on what matters. But who wants to be denied a pile of money. I ask you.
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Sun Will Set Again
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Why were the Dark Ages called the Dark Ages? It probably wasn’t because of ignorance, for ignorance persists; much more likely, they were dark because of Sudden Isolation.
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Veins of Grey and Gold
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An afternoon spent in the basement, a morning spent in the Basilica.
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A Wolf and a Wish
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Radio address for Feb 21, 2012, which you will have to listen to for yourself.
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Dirt and Leaf
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After the sudden and early thaw, thoughts turn to yard maintenance which does not necessarily include scouring away every trace of unnatural untidiness.
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The Smell of the Tea in the Rain
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City hall springs to life in a flurry of self-cancelling paperwork, and we listen to the north shore of Lake Superior call us while we brew tea on the porch.
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Bees in the Air
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Trixie and I make plans to fly or drive all over the continent in every direction, and groundwork for the suburban apiary is contemplated.
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The Room You Are In Now
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Radio address for April 14, 2012: A reading from the first two headings of my Red Book, about Existence and Inexistence, the first two stops on a journey of exactly one thousand steps.
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The Good Wrong
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Radio address for April 21, 2012, in which our quiet, straightforward life keeps me humble by being too much to keep up with, and I hope it will always be that way.
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You Do Not Know What a Bird Is
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Radio address for April 28, 2012, dictated verbatim from the spring wind and rain on the North Shore.
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Roots and Genesis
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Radio address for May 12, 2012, about our Original Garden, which doesn’t look like very much compared to the way we imagined it. Tie-ins to Mother’s Day are subtle, if even at all extant.
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Deities in Exile
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Radio address for June 6, 2012, where Trixie and I long to go on pilgrimages, and in fact do so.
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Red Jacket, Silver Curtain
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Radio address for June 23rd, 2012, inspired by our recent visit to family in Niagara Falls.
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Once Around the Lake
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Radio address for July 7, 2012, about a reunion in the Northwoods with some men I haven’t seen in a long time.
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Cave Swept Clean
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Radio address for July 22, 2012. The garage having remained a dusty shrine to the long construction project, we conceived of the idea of hosting a garage sale in the hottest weather of the year as a way of cleaning it out.
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