Symbol

Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.~Gregory Bateson Fiction writers are admonished to "show, don't tell." In folk music (and in its conceptual videos), one hears and sees…

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April

. . . come she will." What are the first song lyrics you remember? While Ron's recollections are full of Jimmie Rodgers tunes (played by his father), The Kingston Trio…

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New, Again

Early Spring Harshness vanished. A sudden softness has replaced the meadows' wintry grey. Little rivulets of water changed their singing accents. Tendernesses, hesitantly, reach toward the earth from space, and…

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Wonder

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder Back to the coziness of Chocolate Perks in Duluth this…

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Eventide

To answer a few questions: First, who takes the pictures? We have, for the most part. Ron has the better equipment. The color-wild sunset (left) was taken by R. just…

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