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A Midsummer Journal
Other Musings

A Midsummer Journal

I have reached the point in summer when I am tired of mowing the lawn—tired of conducting routine maintenance across a landscape that is burned out, anemic, and sloughing off space to various weeds and crabgrasses. It is not like pruning lilacs or weeding the vegetable garden, both of
28 Jul 2026 2 min read
With Our Grandchildren
Other Musings

With Our Grandchildren

Somewhere along the line, a person and place become one. I have two places—two versions of me—one being a small town in the northeast corner of the Catskill Mountains called Tannersville, and the other, what used to be a small town just over the border in Canada called
30 Jun 2026 3 min read
Too Bad You missed It
Other Musings

Too Bad You missed It

And, thus, in those few minutes, I was possibly as comfortable, and at rest, as I had been in fifty years.
25 Feb 2026 2 min read
Ever Seen a Lizard Dressed as a Wizard?
grandchildren

Ever Seen a Lizard Dressed as a Wizard?

Science is not the concern of Postcards from Monadnock. Wonder is; more specifically, wondering.
30 Aug 2025 4 min read
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