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May 23, 2013 I drove out to Farmer B.’s place yesterday afternoon. He had loaded up his new bee hives with colonies. The insects were pissed, having traveled for three hours in the back of his pickup truck. In spite … Continue reading →

May 8, 2013 I saw and contemplated a toad in the woods yesterday. I am incapable of passing by living things. “It’s just a toad; just a sparrow.” Really? I also saw a red fox. More special? Try (and we … Continue reading →

May 6, 2013 I found a charcoal-colored, three foot long redbelly snake in the woods today. It lay straight as a ruler in the path. I had to relocate it so someone wouldn’t step on it. I kneeled and touched … Continue reading →

January 6, 2013 1979. I was reeling from divorce and having severe vocal problems after screeching the parts of Judas and Jesus (not at the same time) in “Jesus Christ Superstar,” for the better part of four years in the … Continue reading →

December 24, 2012 Sun comes closest to earth on the first day of the New Year, the perihelion; At solstice I stand at Blue Pool in darkness and await the messenger, a portent— Trumpeter’s blast, bejeweled refracted ray of light, … Continue reading →

* “Ray’s Star Tap” is a ten minute Christmas play that has been produced over thirty times. Feel free to stage a reading with the family. Rated PG. Producing theaters must receive permission from Ewing Eugene Baldwin. THE CHARACTERS GEORGE, … Continue reading →

December 23, 2012 Jersey County, in Illinois, borders the Mississippi River. St. Louis, via a new superhighway, creeps ever further northward toward this hill and bluff country, and a rural way of life is slowly disappearing, displaced by suburbs. I … Continue reading →

December 18, 2012 One sun ornament hanging on the Tree of Life; Shivery bluebirds’ beaks sifting for baked seeds from curled, singed grass, Fine black ash smelling like bitter chicory, Wild turkeys pecking their way through the black snow; Sunlight … Continue reading →

December 11, 2012 It steps onto the path fifty feet from me, My fourth and last traverse of the circle trail, And I dead-stop, The six point buck now facing me, This alpha deer with no intention of running; We … Continue reading →

December 4, 2012  It is so warm that the snakes and skinks have come out of hibernation. Yesterday, just outside a hiking trail that crisscrosses a bluff, I drove around a wide curve on a rural road and came upon … Continue reading →