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Monthly Archives: September 2023
Autumn Poetry in Motion
It’s a busy time on the rivertops as autumn starts to spice the water, land and air with coolness, longer nights and general decay. Birds become more active with migration urges, wildflowers thicken the high grassy fields and roadways, trout … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, brook trout, cardinal flower, glass fly rods, nature, poetry, small streams, trail cam, writing
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Tandem Anniversary
My wife and I recently celebrated an almost blissful 41 years of marriage by visiting a couple of New York breweries and then, on the homeward trek, by stopping in Naples for an ice-cream fix. I enjoyed the (ahem!) fly-fishing … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, bamboo, fiberglass, fly-fishing, graphite, marriage, nature, sporting trends, tandem, writing
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Reykjavik Poet
Part 6, probably the final post from Iceland (at least for a while) The bronze statue of The Unknown Bureaucrat Stands in downtown Reykjavik, Its torso thankless, servile, Lost inside a block of stone. All around us: bookstores, bars, boutiques, … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, bureaucrat, Iceland, nature, poetry, Reykjavik, sculpture, Tomas Gudmundsson, travel, Walt Franklin, writing
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