Daily Archives: June 13, 2009

Green shade for green thoughts
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Madeleine L’Engle quoted an Andrew Marvell poem when she was describing her “circle of quiet,” a spot beside a stream where she let the stress and irritation evaporate into “a green thought in a green shade.” I think most of us have places like that. My best ones are around my parents’ home, where I … Continue reading

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