Posted by admin on February 10, 2012 in
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The halfway point of winter in the northern hemisphere has arrived here in Idaho with dry and warm weather. Trapped in some kind of drought, I suppose I should be saying stuff like, “We need snow in the mountains, we need rain on the flats,” or maybe I should be circling around dancing with my […]
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Posted by admin on June 10, 2011 in
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Betty and I recently spent time in south-east and south-central Oregon with friends, looking at the rippling water, the green-gray sage, the juniper, the snow-covered mountains. While driving between Pete French’s round barn and Diamond, we heard a particularly melodic bird song. I stopped the car and rolled down my window and the sweetest sound […]
Tags: autism, beauty, bird song, cattle feedyard, cattle working pens, Diamond, Down's syndrome, John Wayne, Oregon, Paul Zarzyski, Pete French's round barn, poem, sage thrasher, sagebrush, Steens Mountain