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Tag Archives: Robert Frost
A Diminished Thing
On the last full day of summer, I experienced a somewhat inspirational event. It was a simple event but one that I could not have known earlier this year, prior to surgery on my spine in August. My brother and … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, camping, hiking, Loyalsock Creek, poetry, Robert Frost, The Oven Bird, Time, World's End State Park, writing
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When the Swallows Fly
Around here, it happens every August 27th, give or take a day. The barn swallows leave the site where they have been “our birds” since the end of April. On a late summer morning, the air above the old barn … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-fly cast, dry fly, migration, Pink Floyd, poetry, reason, Robert Frost, summer, swallows, transitions, wet fly
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The Final Word (A Recollection)
Every once in a while I’ll think about an incident that happened long ago when we first moved into Rivertop country. By choice, our new home was a place of relative isolation with a willful exclusion of major media sources. … Continue reading
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Tagged country narratives, Down syndrome, home place, Life, madness, Robert Frost, sense of place, social media, WW3
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Rivertop Rambles 