Tag Archives: time

“Still Life with Gratitude” by Dean Rader

Posted on May 23, 2016 by jyourist

One day, the scientists tell us, every star in the universe will burn out, the galaxies gradually blackening until the last light flares and falls returning the all to darkness where it will remain until the end of what we … Continue reading →

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1,199,232,000 seconds have passed

Posted on December 26, 2015 by jyourist

Christmas Day full moon. An impressive photo that JB took last night just after we finished dinner. 38 years ago was the last time there was a full moon on Christmas. 13,880 days have passed since that date. 1,199,232,000 seconds … Continue reading →

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“And Now it’s October” by Barbara Crooker

Posted on October 14, 2015 by jyourist

the golden hour of the clock of the year. Everything that can run to fruit has already done so: round apples, oval plums, bottom-heavy pears, black walnuts and hickory nuts annealed in their shells, the woodchuck with his overcoat of … Continue reading →

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Thyme takes time

Posted on July 30, 2015 by jyourist

We have an herb garden and periodically through the summer and fall I will pick herbs and dry them, by hanging them on the wall that leads to our basement. It’s cool there and mostly dark. Once the herbs are … Continue reading →

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“Alas, Time stays, — we go!”

Posted on July 10, 2015 by jyourist

A friend of mine is teaching a summer school class about the city of Chicago and is out of town for a couple of days, so I am subbing for her. The class is small and the students are 6th … Continue reading →

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The past becomes the future through the medium of the present

Posted on April 12, 2015 by jyourist

Not even a month (25 days ago to be exact) and the seeds for the garden are flourishing, especially the fava beans, the melons, and the lemon cukes. It truly is magical putting the small seeds into the dirt and … Continue reading →

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Internet down

Posted on January 14, 2015 by jyourist

Since Sunday, our internet has been down. It’s not the first time that we have had trouble with Comcast and have finally decided to change providers. Our new provider, AT&T Uverse, will not be activated until Friday. Indeed we all know about … Continue reading →

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JB as the “Bricklayer’s Mate” via August Sander, 1928…

Posted on December 26, 2014 by jyourist

…while one of three farmers stares at me.

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Nicholas Nixon’s “The Brown Sisters”

Posted on October 6, 2014 by jyourist

In 1975, when the photographer of these images, Nicholas Nixon, and his wife (third from left) were visiting his wife’s family, he photographed her and her three other sisters, using his 8 x 10 inch view camera. In 1976, they were … Continue reading →

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“Names” by Danusha Laméris

Posted on October 1, 2014 by jyourist

What happens to the ones that fall out of favor: the Dorises and Archibalds, the Theodores and Eunices? They all had their day, once roamed the earth in multitudes alongside Gerties and Wyatts— at least one in every classroom. Names … Continue reading →

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