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Last week, morning walk: mist rising off the playing fields, frost on peaked roofs. Winter here starts in December, cold mornings and rain if we're lucky. Since then, we are indeed lucky: nearly two inches of rain, as measured by the backyard gauge. It's been slow and steady, the best kind for sinking in. Green … Continue reading first frost
When I first started blogging, I had just started working at Google. I blogged not for visibility, but to create a collection of personal bookmarks online. As I remember it, one of my earlier blog posts was simply a list of local brewpubs people had been talking about at work. I named my blog Intrepid … Continue reading What’s in a name?
I was fond of Twitter. I liked its sense of public forum, I liked its lack of ambiguity in knowing who'd see what when I posted. I liked reading Joyce Carol Oates' snarky political comments & cat photos, I liked Jeff Vandermeer's posts about the wildlife in his yard, I liked reading all the things … Continue reading
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