Last night on the news I heard a fact that stunned me. It was a feature on how rescuers are saving the Gulf sea turtles. They are harvesting the eggs a few days before they are due to hatch and shipping them over to the Atlantic where, if all goes well, in a few days they will … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Plum Farm again…
Some friends have asked why I posted Robert Lewis Stevenson. One friend said it was very retro. It's funny because this poem always meant a lot to me. It is not just farewell to the farm, but farewell to childhood, to innocense. To everything...This poem and Dylan Thomas' … [Read more...]
Farewell to the Farm
Farewell to the Farm by Robert Louis Stevenson The coach is at the door at last; The eager children, mounting fast And kissing hands, in chorus sing: Good-bye, good-bye, to everything! To house and garden, field and lawn, The meadow-gates we swang upon, To pump and stable, … [Read more...]
Plum Farm…Good-bye.
A week or so ago we returned from Plum Farm. My cousins' place in Michigan. It was, and still is, a place of beauty and grace. A place to work and read. I could always find a quiet corner. Or show up for cocktails. There is so much to say, but little I can say now. My … [Read more...]