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{weblog_name} - on pines, pain and the lessons from snow
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The weather has been gentle these last few days, allowing the snow to release its grip on our homes, our cars, our streets, our trees, our mobility and perhaps most of all, our spirits. It has pulled back from its monstrous presence, returning to a more reasonable scale, allowing us to believe, somewhat, that we can now manage it and our lives a bit better. In its retreat, it has opened up access to the leading edge of the downed pine limbs that litter my front lawn. I decided, therefore, that it was time to begin harvesting them. I was unexpectedly overwhelmed by the lessons I learned. In the quiet of this early, sunny Sunday morning, I stepped outside, almost directly onto a small bird, sitting quite still, but quite alive, on my front door mat.  I imagine that… read more