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A collection of 6 posts
An Old Canoe
nature

An Old Canoe

Where is the person who embarked with it on those waters? It must have been someone like me, who desired a hidden canoe to hop across nature’s boundary.
01 Aug 2026 3 min read
(Human) Nature
Spring

(Human) Nature

“Travel,” read the sign on a Seine River cruise boat, “is the ethic of caring for the world.”
10 May 2025 4 min read
Tell Him Not to Feed the Bears
rural essays

Tell Him Not to Feed the Bears

But there he was, busy pulling, twisting, adjusting, exchanging one tool for another from his leather belt in an easy motion.
05 Apr 2025 5 min read
Green Tomatoes
JarvisCoffin

Green Tomatoes

It is tough to be a tomato in New England.
26 Aug 2023 3 min read
Snail Salad
Country living

Snail Salad

It is entertaining to imagine myself at the table with my grandchildren, bargaining with them to finish their snail salad.
18 Feb 2023 4 min read
A Respectable Bird
Monandock

A Respectable Bird

As a friend used to say, “It’s down to you and the turkeys.”
01 Oct 2022 3 min read
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