Susan Hamlin on December 22nd, 2008

The new bird seed created a festival at the feeder today! Chickadee-dee-dee. Digging out from a couple of feet of snow, with wind chills below zero,  it’s a treat to support these friends of the air in a small way.  
This Irish poem, from the 9th Century AD, carries the intimacy the natural world and the seasons on its wings.  Before technology and instant expectations, the [...]

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Susan Hamlin on December 19th, 2008

We’re settling in for a long winter’s nap at home in upstate NY. 
A foot of snow is on the way for tomorrow. More to the south. We filled the bird feeder ahead of the storm and brought the snow shovel inside. When you grow up in Buffalo you learn about winter. 
This is the season to [...]

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