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Birds are Dinosaurs

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I remember kayaking on the Charles River near Boston. The river was narrow, and overhung with trees. Vines and bushes crowded the bank while dragonflies skimmed over the water. I went around a bend, startling a Great Blue Heron into flight. It gave a honking squawk as it beat its great wings and took off … Continue reading Birds are Dinosaurs

A Poem for Today

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Mother Carey’s Hen There are days I don’t think about the sea; weeks wash by, in fact,then a shearwater - or some such- flutters byon the salt flats fanning out in my mind’s eye,reflected there, a shimmering reverie, recalling the pact I once made (and renew today) to hold to a higher altitude.But note the … Continue reading A Poem for Today