Tag Archives: spring

Spring works really hard in our front garden

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

Fern lifts heavy rock which was lying flat on top of it all winter.

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Hints and promise

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Equinox soon!

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Vivaldi Vivaldi

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

It was a rough day today. I found a colleague doubled over in pain in a hallway, a student tried to argue with me that copying a wikipedia entry word for word was not plagiarism, I received emails that were … Continue reading →

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Vivaldi and the last stack of research papers

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Buried beneath stacks of research papers, it’s hard to come up for air, let alone with a post today. No time. No energy. My head is full of Progressive era topics–social reform, strikes, gangsters, child labor, Hull House, Everleigh sisters, … Continue reading →

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Through the mulch and grey and rot

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

The Narcissus is the first to appear, the flower named after the young man who could not pull himself from what he perceived as the beauty of his own reflection. He left many would be lovers (of both genders) in … Continue reading →

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10:00 am

Posted on April 24, 2011 by
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Reopening the back porch

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

The reopening of the back porch is our yearly ritual. It’s when the weather gets a bit warmer and we are able to sit out on it without freezing to death. Over the winter months, the back porch becomes a … Continue reading →

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The February Garden

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

I’m sure it’s because of the snow, and the lack of sun, and the cold and, of course, because it’s February, the shortest, but, in fact, the “longest” month (despite what T.S. Eliot says about April) that my energy begins … Continue reading →

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