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The Terrible Finger Incident

Posted on 11/30/2013 by chick

Dear Livia, I should tell you about the terrible finger incident that happened earlier this year. It was a Friday afternoon in June. We were getting ready for Marshall’s fourth birthday party when we heard you scream. We went to … Continue reading →

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November Skies

Posted on 11/12/2013 by chick
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The Woods in Late Summer: Part II

Posted on 10/11/2013 by chick

Signs of fall weren’t the only things I found on my late-summer walks. I also found Indian pipe growing in several spots. I think of it as being relatively rare, so it was a pleasant surprise to find so much … Continue reading →

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The Woods in Late Summer: Part I

Posted on 10/10/2013 by chick

I usually don’t go out in the woods during the summer, because it’s unpleasantly hot and I worry about ticks. I went up to the woods three times in the late summer this year, and almost regretted it. As expected, … Continue reading →

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SITY: Mystery Eggs

Posted on 10/08/2013 by chick

My husband discovered one September day that the flower stalks of the astilbe that he had recently bought were covered with some sort of eggs. The eggs had just started to hatch, in fact. From a distance they just looked … Continue reading →

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Read What You Like

Posted on 10/07/2013 by chick

According to this book post at The Guardian, many people claim to have read books that they haven’t. Here is the list of books that people most often pretend to have read. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell War and Peace … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Pictures

Posted on 10/05/2013 by chick

One of the nice things about spending time outdoors is that you start to really notice the change of seasons. Not just the big seasonal changes, like the difference between spring and winter, but the little changes, like the differences … Continue reading →

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Protected: Back in Time

Posted on 09/09/2013 by chick

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Experiment

Posted on 08/16/2013 by chick
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SITY: Things Gotta Grow

Posted on 08/04/2013 by chick

Back in June I found some attractive plants growing in the yard. They had beautiful swirls of fuzzy leaves. I wondered what they’d be when they grew up. Now it is August and I know the answer. They are these: … Continue reading →

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