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It has been raining so hard and long that Noah would have had most of the Ark finished by now -- but luckily we won't need it (or at least not now) the rain finally turned to snow and the sun came out (and the stars) and it's 22 degrees and the north wind feels good....

I have been on a kind of purification jag since the end of my term on the assembly and the completion of the book. Three full weeks of housecleaning, painting, and organizing  (the entire downstairs is all fresh white now) -- books have been emptied from the shelves,...

“Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its...

The book is done. My assembly term is over. Fall is here. Everything that kept me busy for months and months, from bicycling to writing and all those meetings -- the daily schedule beginning with two hours in the saddle, watering the garden, re-habbing the dog with...

A friend who had asked a favor of me said, "I know you are very busy, but..." Actually, I'm not that busy right now. I'm being kind of lazy. The other day, after my bike ride and dog walk and breakfast I sat down and watched an episode of the Great British Baking Show...

Last night a big bear walked right down the beach just as I got home from the assembly meeting. I may have missed him had my phone not pinged with texts from neighbors: Brown bear on its way to you on the beach from the south-- The bear just walked right by. He's big...