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Oriole Bath
This Baltimore oriole took a dip in the creek behind my parents’ house yesterday. What a show!
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Poetry Friday: Robins
Robins have a certain dignity. They’re great mothers — they fly straight and fast, like an arrow, after the blue jays that try to rob their nests. Plus, who can fail to notice…
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Rambles and ramblings
Yesterday we took yet another walk. It leaves me with several themes spinning around in my head. Actually we took two walks: one to a place I’d never been, and one to the…
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Wet Wanderings
We’ve had clouds and showers over the last few days, but I’ve tried to resist my impulse to hide inside. On Sunday I went for a walk all by myself. A rare happening…
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The Love Exchange
There’s more to prayer than petition. Most of us know this. But how good are we at cultivating the other elements of prayer? How persistent? How comfortable? Twice lately, I’ve read of the…
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The Atomic Weight of Secrets
…or The Arrival of the Mysterious Men in Black. That’s the whole title, and each chapter is titled in similarly long and complicated form. Every chapter gives you an “or.” It’s perfect for…
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Winged Steeds, Mockingbirds and British Chieftains: Read-Aloud Thursday
It’s been awhile since I participated in a Read-Aloud Thursday, but we’re partaking of our usual eclectic reading repast around here. I’ll start with picture books and move up through the ranks in…
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Middle of a story
I’m trying out a new look here at Across the Page. This theme has an enormous banner at the top, one I can change as the mood strikes. Currently, it displays a picture…
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Getting there
I swore I wouldn’t post any more bird photos for awhile. I actually have some homeschooling posts in mind, and a couple of books I’m reading that I’d like to share. But today…
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Trailside minstrel
This morning I saw a bird that’s entirely new to me. It was alongside the trail where the girls and I went for a jog/bike ride. I think this little guy is an…