02
Jul
Cue Summer
There is not enough closet space in our cabin to accommodate our seasonal wardrobes, that is, our separate fall/winter
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Other Musings
Essays and creative non-fiction separate from the Postcard-from-Monadnock series. Many of them are from Jarvis's column, "Off the Highway", which has appeared bi-weekly in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, since 2022.
17
Jun
Blindfolded Canoe Racing
There is something about blindfolded anything that separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom: you do not see chickens daring each other to cross the road blindfolded.
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20
May
Thinking About Our Vietnam Veterans
Vietnam changed our country. It was toxic. But I believe, fifty years later, we have it to thank for the parts of us that are better than we were.
3 min read
04
May
Reach Out and Grab Hold
I enjoy being surrounded by people from around the world, all of us single-minded regarding one thing, in this case, art.
2 min read
07
Apr
Foreign Correspondence
We are off to France to visit a son and his family
3 min read
20
Mar
Annual Meeting
There is an adage, you know, that the founding of this country was achieved by one-third of the population.
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09
Mar
Daylight Savings for What?
The poetry of our spring has less to do with flowers opening than snakes shedding skin. We molt. The sensible thing to do is hide.
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21
Feb
Lost in the Woods
For example, there is the possibility of getting lost in the woods . . .in freezing temperatures. I did this last week.
3 min read
08
Feb
Walking on Ice
It is a superior feature of winter to be able to step onto a frozen pond or lake, and we have many of them. It is liberating.
3 min read
24
Jan
Our Town
I kept thinking . . . all these people are paying what it costs to buy food for a week to hear what Mr. Wilder can share with them about life . . . . in our small corner of the world.
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