Nature and Technology: The Reconciliation of Opposites
The late great Canadian author Robertson Davies once wrote that the Jungian definition of balance is the reconciliation of opposites. That has always stuck with me, and I am thinking about this a lot...
View ArticleSnow-Gauge Clif: Nearly Done for the Year
As you can see from the pictures, Snow-Gauge Clif’s job is nearly done for the year. There is still a bit of snow on the ground, a holdover from the last little storm we had. Will we get more snow in...
View ArticleThere Is No Them, Only Us
I am a fifth-generation Mainer on my mother’s side, descended from French Canadians who came to Maine in the mid-1800s. Many of them had dark hair and olive complexions. They were all Catholic and...
View Article“Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure”
I wasn’t planning on posting anything today, but then on Facebook a friend shared this piece—Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure—written by Aisha S. Ahmed in The...
View ArticleInspired by Jackie
A day or two ago, my blogging friend Derrick posted a picture of the beautiful pie that his wife Jackie had baked. This, in turn, inspired me to make one of our favorite desserts, cinnamon pie knots....
View ArticleSomething Approaching Normal
Slowly, slowly, my schedule is returning to something approaching normal. I have resumed posting three times a week and am working on Book Four of the Great Library Series. (No title yet. It might be...
View ArticleI’m Dreaming of a White Easter
Yesterday, Mother Nature brought us a nasty little April surprise: A sizable snowstorm with wet, heavy snow. In central Maine, we got about a foot. The farther north, the higher the snowfall, with foot...
View ArticleSoon
Today is May 4. Can I resist a Star Wars joke? No, I cannot. May the fourth be with you. After all, in these decidedly unfunny times, a little humor helps leaven the grimness. In Maine as well as in...
View ArticleTaking Stock: Over 100,000 Deaths
As the grim title of this post indicates, covid-19 has killed over 100,000 people in the United States. The sorrowful weight of it presses down on me, and my heart is heavy. And rightly so. With no...
View ArticleFive Months into the Pandemic
Here we are, five months into a pandemic that is ripping this country to shreds. It feels as though the Trump Administration is following advice from a book called 101 Bad Ways to Deal with a Pandemic....
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